akseptere
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), frequentative of acceptus, perfect passive participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”), derived from ad (“to, toward”) + capiō (“take”). Compare with Norwegian Bokmål aksept, English accept and French accepter.
Verb
akseptere (imperative aksepter, present tense aksepterer, passive aksepteres, simple past aksepterte, past participle akseptert, present participle aksepterende)
- to accept, tolerate, agree to (see godta)
- Jeg kommer ikke til å akseptere at du farer frem slik.
- I will not tolerate you behaving like that.
- Fotballen vet at den er kjedelig og aksepterer det. Heldigvis.
- Football knows it's boring and accepts it. Fortunately.
(Norwegian Wikiquote citation of Dag Solstad)
Synonyms
- adoptere, anerkjenne, anta, avfinne seg med, finne seg i, forsone seg med, godkjenne, gå inn på, gå med på, si ja til, slå til
Derived terms
- akseptering
Related terms
References
- “akseptere” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “akseptere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- "accept" entry in Online Etymology Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- akseptera
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), frequentative of acceptus, perfect passive participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”), derived from ad (“to, toward”) + capiō (“take”). Compare with aksept, English accept and French accepter.
Verb
akseptere (present tense aksepterer, past tense aksepterte, past participle akseptert, passive infinitive aksepterast, present participle aksepterande, imperative aksepter)
- to accept, tolerate, agree to (see godta)
- Eg kjem ikkje til å akseptere at du farar fram slik.
- I will not tolerate you behaving like that.
- Football knows it's boring and accepts it. Fortunately.
- Så, kva seier du, aksepterer du tilbodet mitt?
- So, what do you say, do you accept my offer?
- Eg kjem ikkje til å akseptere at du farar fram slik.
- (banking) to accept, honour; To agree to pay a certain sum of money.
- Han nekta å akseptere vekselen.
- He refused to honour/accept the bill.
- Han nekta å akseptere vekselen.
Synonyms
- adoptere, anerkjenne, anta/antake, finne seg i, forsone seg med, godkjenne, gå inn på, gå med på, seie ja til, slå til
Derived terms
- akseptering
Related terms
References
- “akseptere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- "accept" entry in Online Etymology Dictionary