svigte

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German swichten (“to yield”), cognate with Dutch zwichten (“to yield”), Middle High German swiften (“to silence”), and German beschwichtigen (“to conciliate”) (with Low German -cht-). These verbs are derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“moving”) (hence English swift), which is related to the verb *swībaną (“to move, sweep”) (hence Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (sweiban, “cease”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʋeɡ̊d̥ə]

Verb

svigte (imperative svigt, infinitive at svigte, present tense svigter, past tense svigtede, perfect tense har svigtet)

1. to fail, to let down

Conjugation

Conjugation of svigte

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	svigte	svigtes
Present tense	svigter	svigtes
Past tense	svigtede	svigtedes
Imperative	svigt	-
Participle
Present	svigtende
Past	svigtet
Gerund	svigten

References

• “svigte” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

svigte (present tense svigtar, past tense svigta, past participle svigta, present participle svigtande, imperative svigte)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of svikte