svette
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 2
From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.
Noun
svette m (definite singular svetten)
- sweat, perspiration
- Med blod, svette og tårer.
- With blood, sweat and tears.
- Med blod, svette og tårer.
Etymology 3
From Old Norse sveitast ?, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”).
Verb
svette (imperative svett, present tense svetter, passive svettes, simple past and past participle svetta or svettet, present participle svettende)
Derived terms
- kaldsvette (both noun and verb)
See also
- sveitte (Nynorsk)
Swedish
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