akseptere
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), from 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. Equivalent to aksept + -ere.
Verb
editakseptere
- 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.
- Så, hva sier du, aksepterer du tilbudet mitt?
- So, what do you say, do you accept my offer?
- (Can we date this quote?), Dag Solstad, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Fotballen vet at den er kjedelig og aksepterer det. Heldigvis.
- Football knows it's boring and accepts it. Fortunately.
- (banking) to accept, honour; To agree to pay a certain sum of money.
- Han nektet å akseptere vekselen.
- He refused to honour / accept the bill.
Conjugation
editInfinitive | å akseptere | |||
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Present | aksepterer | |||
Past | aksepterte | |||
Present perfect | har akseptert | |||
Imperative | aksepter! | |||
Past participle | ||||
masculine/feminine | akseptert | |||
neuter | akseptert | |||
definite | aksepterte | |||
plural | aksepterte | |||
Present participle¹ | ||||
¹ indeclinable | aksepterende |
Synonyms
edit- 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
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “akseptere” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “akseptere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “accept”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), from acceptus, perfect passive participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”), derived from ad (“to, toward”) + capiō (“take”). Compare with aksept, English accept and French accepter. Equivalent to aksept + -ere.
Verb
editakseptere (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.
Synonyms
edit- adoptere, anerkjenne, anta/antake, finne seg i, forsone seg med, godkjenne, gå inn på, gå med på, seie ja til, slå til
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “akseptere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “accept”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ere
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations
- nb:Banking
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ere
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- nn:Banking
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples