akseptere

akseptere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), frequentative of acceptus, perfect passive participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”), derived from ad (“to, toward”) + capiō (“take”). Compare with Norwegian Bokmål aksept, English accept and French accepter.

Verb

akseptere (imperative aksepter, present tense aksepterer, passive aksepteres, simple past aksepterte, past participle akseptert, present participle aksepterende)

1. to accept, tolerate, agree to (see godta)

   Jeg kommer ikke til å akseptere at du farer frem slik.

   I will not tolerate you behaving like that.

   Fotballen vet at den er kjedelig og aksepterer det. Heldigvis.

   Football knows it's boring and accepts it. Fortunately.

(Norwegian Wikiquote citation of Dag Solstad)

1. Så, hva sier du, aksepterer du tilbudet mitt?

   So, what do you say, do you accept my offer?

2. (banking) to accept, honour; To agree to pay a certain sum of money.

   Han nektet å akseptere vekselen.

   He refused to honour / accept the bill.

Synonyms

• adoptere, anerkjenne, anta, avfinne seg med, finne seg i, forsone seg med, godkjenne, gå inn på, gå med på, si ja til, slå til

Derived terms

• akseptering

Related terms

• aksept
• akseptabel
• uakseptabel

References

• “akseptere” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “akseptere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• "accept" entry in Online Etymology Dictionary

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• akseptera

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), frequentative of acceptus, perfect passive participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”), derived from ad (“to, toward”) + capiō (“take”). Compare with aksept, English accept and French accepter.

Verb

akseptere (present tense aksepterer, past tense aksepterte, past participle akseptert, passive infinitive aksepterast, present participle aksepterande, imperative aksepter)

1. to accept, tolerate, agree to (see godta)

   Eg kjem ikkje til å akseptere at du farar fram slik.

   I will not tolerate you behaving like that.

   Football knows it's boring and accepts it. Fortunately.

   Så, kva seier du, aksepterer du tilbodet mitt?

   So, what do you say, do you accept my offer?

2. (banking) to accept, honour; To agree to pay a certain sum of money.

   Han nekta å akseptere vekselen.

   He refused to honour/accept the bill.

Synonyms

• adoptere, anerkjenne, anta/antake, finne seg i, forsone seg med, godkjenne, gå inn på, gå med på, seie ja til, slå til

Derived terms

• akseptering

Related terms

• aksept
• akseptabel
• uakseptabel

References

• “akseptere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• "accept" entry in Online Etymology Dictionary