Noun: gave
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | gave |
| Sg. definite | gaven |
| Pl. indefinite | gaver |
| Pl. definite | gaverne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | gaves |
| Sg. definite | gavens |
| Pl. indefinite | gavers |
| Pl. definite | gavernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like gave
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Middle Low German gābe, from Old Saxon *gāva, from Proto-West Germanic *gābā (“gift, giving”).
2. Cognate with German Gabe. Late Old Norse gáfa and Swedish gåva are probably also from Low German. It has replaced a similar word with a different shape: Danish gæv (“feed”), from Old Norse gjǫf (“gift”), from Proto-Germanic *gebō, cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (giba). Both words are ultimately derived from the verb *gebaną (“to give”). See: German Nouns '
Gabe', Old Norse Nouns '
gáfa', Swedish Nouns '
gåva', Old Norse Nouns '
gjǫf', Gothic Nouns '
𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰'.
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