fekte
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to fence with swords, as a sport
- to gesticulate, wave one's arms
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German vechten.
Origin
Middle Low German
vechten
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fechter German
- anfechten German
- ausfechten German
- fechten German
- verfechten German
- фехтовать Russian
- fekting Norwegian Bokmål
- tyrefekting Norwegian Bokmål
- fekte Norwegian Nynorsk
- fehtati Serbo-Croatian
- fehtan Old High German
- anvechten Middle Low German
- vechten Middle Low German
- fehtan Old Saxon
- fækta Old Swedish
- fächtje Saterland Frisian
- fechten Low German