melde

See also: Melde and melde-

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German melden.

Pronunciation

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Verb

melde (imperative meld, infinitive at melde, present tense melder, past tense meldte, perfect tense meldt)

1. announce, declare
2. inform, notify, report

Conjugation

Conjugation of melde

active passive present melder meldes past meldte meldtes infinitive melde meldes imperative meld — participle present meldende past meldt (auxiliary verb have) gerund melden

Synonyms

• annoncere
• bekendtgøre
• kundgøre
• meddele
• offentliggøre

Derived terms

• meldepligt
• meldesystem
• melding

References

• “melde” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *meldā, from Proto-Germanic *meldǭ. Cognate to German Melde.

Noun

melde f (plural meldes, no diminutive)

1. saltbush

Etymology 2

Verb

melde

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of melden

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

melde

1. inflection of melden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle English

Noun

melde

1. alternative form of medle

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German melden.

Verb

melde (imperative meld, present tense melder, passive meldes, simple past meldte, past participle meldt, present participle meldende)

1. to announce, report, notify

Derived terms

• anmelde

Related terms

• meddele

References

• “melde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German melden (“to betray”), from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn, from Proto-Germanic *melþōną.

Alternative forms

• melda (a-infinitive)

Verb

melde (present tense melder, past tense melde, supine meldt, past participle meld, present participle meldande, imperative meld)

1. (transitive) to report, notify about, file a complaint about
2. (reflexive) to relinquish, to turn one self in
3. (reflexive) to volunteer
4. (transitive) to text (to send a text message to)
5. (intransitive, reciprocal) to text (to send and receive text messages)
6. (transitive) to review (books, music)

Derived terms

• meldar m
• melde ut
• melde frå
• melde på
• melding f

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *meldǭ.

Noun

melde f (definite singular melda, indefinite plural melder, definite plural meldene)

1. Chenopodium

Etymology 3

Related to mala (“to grind, crush”), related to the crushedness of the referent.

Noun

melde m or n (definite singular melden or meldet, indefinite plural meldar or melde, definite plural meldane or melda)

1. waste material with weed seeds left after threshing and sorting of grains

References

• “melde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• meldzje

Etymology

From Old Frisian *meldia, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn. Form melde was influenced or borrowed from Dutch melden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛldə/

Verb

melde

1. to report, notify

Inflection

Weak class 1
infinitive	melde
3rd singular past	melde
past participle	meld, melden
infinitive	melde
long infinitive	melden
gerund	melden n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	meld	melde
2nd singular	meldst	meldest
clitic form	meldsto	meldesto
3rd singular	meldt	melde
plural	melde	melden
imperative	meld
participles	meldend	meld, melden

Derived terms

• fermelde
• melding
• oanmelde

Further reading

• “melde”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011