sove

sove

See also: sově, söve, and søve

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish souæ, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Swedish sova and English asweve. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”) (whence also Sanskrit स्वपिति (svapiti)). From the same root also comes Danish søvn (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔvə/, [ˈsɒːʊ]

Verb

sove (past tense sov, past participle sovet)

1. sleep

Inflection

Inflection of sove

	present	past
simple	sover	sov
perfect	har sovet	havde sovet
passive	soves	—
participle	sovende	sovet
imperative	sov	—
infinitive	sove	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	soven	—

Antonyms

• være vågen

Derived terms

• sovebriks
• sovebus
• soveby
• sovedrik
• sovehjerte
• sovekammer
• sovekammerat
• sovemedicin
• sovemiddel
• sovepille
• soveplads
• sovepude
• sovesal
• sovesofa
• sovested
• sovesyge
• sovetablet
• sovetryne
• sovevogn
• soveværelse

Related terms

• søvn

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sauver (“save”).

Verb

sove

1. to save

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).

Verb

sove (imperative sov, present tense sover, simple past sov, past participle sovet, present participle sovende)

1. to sleep.

Derived terms

Terms derived from sove

sovekommune sovepille sovepose

soverom sovetablett

sovevogn soveværelse

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sova

Etymology

From Old Norse sofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²soːʋə/

Verb

sove (present tense søv, past tense sov, supine sove, past participle soven, present participle sovande, imperative sov)

1. to sleep

Derived terms

Terms derived from sove

sovekommune sovepille

sovepose soverom

sovetablett sovevogn

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

sove

1. inflection of sovar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sove (Cyrillic spelling сове)

1. inflection of sova:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsove]

Noun

sove

1. dative/locative singular of sova