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

Conjugation

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sauver (“save”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sove/

Verb

sove

1. to save

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

• sovekommune
• sovepille
• sovepose
• soverom
• sovetablett
• sovevogn
• soveværelse

 

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• sovekommune
• sovepille
• sovepose
• soverom
• sovetablett
• sovevogn

 

Related terms

• søvn

References

• “sove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

sove

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sove (Cyrillic spelling сове)

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔve]

Noun

sove

1. dative/locative singular of sova