meddele

Danish

Etymology

Compound of med (“with”) +‎ dele (“to share”). Calque of German mitteilen (“to investigate”) (compare Norwegian Bokmål meddele and Swedish meddela).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛðˌd̥eːˀlə]

Verb

meddele

1. to inform, communicate, tell
2. to announce, notify

Conjugation

Inflection of meddele

	present	past
simple	meddeler	meddelte
perfect	har meddelt	havde meddelt
passive	meddeles	meddeltes
participle	meddelende	meddelt
imperative	meddel	—
infinitive	meddele	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	meddelen	—

Derived terms

• meddelelse
• meddeler

References

• “meddele” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

med +‎ dele, from German mitteilen. Compare with Swedish meddela.

Verb

meddele (imperative meddel, present tense meddeler, passive meddeles, simple past meddelte, past participle meddelt, present participle meddelende)

1. to impart, communicate (information, knowledge)
2. to inform, notify, announce, state, tell

Derived terms

• meddelelse

Related terms

• melde

References

• “meddele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.