forkorte - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

• Beginning
• 1 Danish
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Verb
    * 1.2.1 Conjugation
    * 1.2.2 Antonyms
    * 1.2.3 Derived terms
    * 1.2.4 References
• 2 Norwegian Bokmål
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Verb
    * 2.2.1 Synonyms
    * 2.2.2 Antonyms
    * 2.2.3 Derived terms
  • 2.3 References

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Middle Low German vorkorten. Compare German verkürzen.

forkorte (imperative forkort, infinitive at forkorte, present tense forkorter, past tense forkortede, perfect tense forkortet)

1. to shorten
2. to abbreviate
3. (mathematics) to reduce a fraction by dividing its denominator and its numerator by the same number

• forlænge
• forkortelse
• forkortning
• “forkorte” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “forkorte” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From for- +‎ kort (“short”).

forkorte (imperative forkort, present tense forkorter, passive forkortes, simple past and past participle forkorta or forkortet, present participle forkortende)

1. to abridge
2. to shorten, to abbreviate
3. (mathematics) to reduce a fraction by dividing its denominator and its numerator by the same number

• korte
• forlenge
• forkortelse, forkorting
• uforkortet
• avkorte
• “forkorte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “forkorte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Categories:

• Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
• Danish lemmas
• Danish verbs
• da:Mathematics
• Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with for-
• Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
• Norwegian Bokmål verbs
• nb:Mathematics