Contionary:foretrekken

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From fore- + trekken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɸɔrɘtrɛkɘn/

Verb

foretrekken (mixed, third-person singular simple present foretrekkt, past tense foretrakte, past participle foretrakt, past subjunctive foretrækte, auxiliary haven)

  1. to prefer
    Hwat foretrekkst thou ?
    What do you prefer ?

Inflection

infinitive foretrekken
present participle foretrekkend
past participle foretrakt
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik foretrekke wi foretrekken ik foretrekke wi foretrekken
thou foretrekkst ji foretrekkt thou foretrekkst ji foretrekkt
hi, si, hit foretrekkt si, Si foretrekken hi, si, hit foretrekke si, Si foretrekken
preterit ik foretrakte wi foretrakten ik foretrækte wi foretrækten
thou foretraktest ji foretraktet thou foretræktest ji foretræktet
hi, si, hit foretrakte si, Si foretrakten hi, si, hit foretrækte si, Si foretrækten
imperative foretrekk foretrekkt (ji)

Usage notes

To express preference, it is much more frequent to use the adverb liever, e.g. ik gete liever frøw up (I prefer getting up early, literally I rather get up early).

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