bedrøve

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bedrṏven, drṏven, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to trouble”), cognate with German trüben, Dutch droeven, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (drōbjan) (Swedish bedröva is also from Low German). Derived from the adjective *drōbuz (“troubled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bedrøːˀvə/, [b̥eˈd̥ʁœˀʋə], [b̥eˈd̥ʁœwˀʊ]

Verb

bedrøve (past tense bedrøvede, past participle bedrøvet)

1. (transitive) to sadden, distress

Conjugation

Inflection of bedrøve

	present	past
simple	bedrøver	bedrøvede
perfect	har bedrøvet	havde bedrøvet
passive	bedrøves	bedrøvedes
participle	bedrøvende	bedrøvet
imperative	bedrøv	—
infinitive	bedrøve	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	bedrøven	—

Derived terms

• bedrøvelig
• bedrøvelse
• bedrøvet

References

• “bedrøve” in Den Danske Ordbog