halshugge
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From hals (“neck”) + hugge (“to cut”), compare Norwegian Bokmål halshugge, halshogge, Norwegian Nynorsk halshogge, halshogga, Swedish halshugga.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
halshugge (past tense halshuggede, past participle halshugget)
- To behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head (execution)).
Conjugation edit
Inflection of halshugge
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | halshugger | halshuggede |
| perfect | har halshugget | havde halshugget |
| passive | halshugges | halshuggedes |
| participle | halshuggende | halshugget |
| imperative | halshug | — |
| infinitive | halshugge | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | halshuggen | — |
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- halshogge (Nynorsk also)
Etymology edit
Verb edit
halshugge (imperative halshugg, present tense halshugger, passive halshugges, simple past halshugde or halshugg or halshugget, past participle halshugd or halshugget, present participle halshuggende)
- To behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head (execution)).
Synonyms edit
- dekapitere (literary)
Derived terms edit
- halshugging (“beheading, decapitation”) (= dekapitasjon (literary))
References edit
- “halshugge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.