Contionary:foretrekken

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).