begavet

Danish

Etymology

From begave (“to endow, gift”).

Adjective

begavet

bright, intelligent
clever
talented (endowed with talents)
gifted

Inflection

Inflection of begavet
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	begavet	—	—²
Neuter singular	begavet	—	—²
Plural	begavede	—	—²
Definite attributive¹	begavede	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

intelligent
åndfuld
talentfuld

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

begava

Etymology

Modelled on German begabt; from the old Bokmål verb begave (still used in Danish)

Adjective

begavet (indefinite singular begavet, definite singular and plural begavete or begavede, comparative mer begavet, superlative mest begavet)

gifted, talented

Related terms

begavelse

References

“begavet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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