spise

See also: spíše

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spīse (noun), spīsen (verb), cognate with German Speise (noun), speisen (verb), borrowed from Latin expēnsa (“expense”) (Late Latin form spēsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːsə/, [ˈsb̥iːsə], (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥iː(i)s]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːsə

Noun

spise c (singular definite spisen, plural indefinite spiser)

1. food
2. dish

Declension

Declension of spise

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spise	spisen	spiser	spiserne
genitive	spises	spisens	spisers	spisernes

Verb

spise (imperative spis, infinitive at spise, present tense spiser, past tense spiste, perfect tense spist)

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of spise

active passive present spiser spises past spiste spistes infinitive spise spises imperative spis — participle present spisende past spist (auxiliary verb have) gerund spisen

See also

• æde
• fråde

References

• “spise” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “spise” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Anagrams

• pisse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish spise, or directly from Middle Low German spīse, from Old Saxon spīsa, from Latin expensa (noun). Cognates include German Speise and German speisen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiːsə/

Verb

spise (imperative spis, present tense spiser, passive spises, simple past spiste, past participle spist, present participle spisende)

1. to eat

Synonyms

• ete
• gomle

Derived terms

• møllspist
• spisebord
• spisebrikke
• spiselig
• spisepinne
• spiserør
• spiseskje
• spisested
• spisevogn

References

• “spise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.