anse

See also: Anse and ansé

Danish

Etymology

From an (“on”) +‎ se (“to see”), from Low German ansehn (“to look at, consider”). Compare German ansehen. In all three languages, the participle is used as an adjective with the meaning "respectable" (see anset, ansehn, ansehen). Doublet of se an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanˌseˀ]

Verb

anse (imperative anse, infinitive at anse, present tense anser, past tense anså, perfect tense har anset)

1. to consider, regard

   Synonym: regne

Conjugation

Conjugation of anse

active passive present anser anses past anså ansås infinitive anse anses imperative anse — participle present anseende past anset (auxiliary verb have) gerund anseen

References

• “anse” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃s/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French anse, from Late Old French anse, borrowed from Latin ānsa.

Noun

anse f (plural anses)

1. (geometry) an arc segment, from which an object is suspended
2. a handle, part of an object to be hand-held when used or moved
3. a small bay (body of water)

Related terms

• ansette
• ansière

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Noun

anse f (plural anses)

1. archaic form of hanse (“hansa”)

Related terms

• anséate
• anséatique

Further reading

• “anse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• ânes

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.se/
• Rhymes: -anse
• Hyphenation: àn‧se

Noun

anse f

1. plural of ansa

Anagrams

• sane

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

an- +‎ se; from German ansehen

Verb

anse (imperative anse, present tense anser, passive anses or ansees, simple past anså, past participle ansett, present participle anseende)

1. to consider, regard

Derived terms

• uansett

References

• “anse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• anes, asen, ensa, nesa, sena

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• annse, insæ, inse

Etymology

From an- (“un-”) +‎ asse (“easy”), or directly from Proto-Celtic *an-sādo-syos (compare Middle Welsh anhawð, modern Welsh anodd (“difficult, troublesome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan̪.se/

Adjective

anse (comparative ansu, superlative ansam)

1. difficult, impossible
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^b28

     is inse ṅduit; ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.

     it is impossible for you sg; it is not you that nourish it, but it that nourishes you

Declension

io/iā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	anse	anse	anse
vocative	ansi
accusative	anse	ansi
genitive	ansi	anse	ansi
dative	ansu	ansi	ansu
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	ansi	ansi
vocative	ansi ansu*
accusative	ansi ansu*
genitive	anse
dative	ansib

* when substantivized

Derived terms

• ní anse

Mutation

Mutation of anse

radical	lenition	nasalization
anse (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	anse	n-anse

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ansae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish anse, from Middle Low German ansen. Equivalent to an- +‎ se.

Pronunciation

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Verb

anse (present anser, preterite ansåg, supine ansett, imperative anse)

1. to be of an opinion, to think, to believe, to feel

   Sven anser att Beatles var riktigt bra

   Sven thinks (is of the opinion) that the Beatles were really good

   Vi anser att den här metoden är mest lovande

   We believe (are of the opinion that) this method is the most promising

Conjugation

Conjugation of anse (class 5 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	anse		anses
supine	ansett		ansetts
imperative	anse		—
imper. plural1	ansen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	anser	ansåg	anses	ansågs
ind. plural1	anse	ånsågo	anses	ånsågos
subjunctive2	anse	ånsåge	anses	ånsåges
present participle		anseende
past participle		ansedd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “anse”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “anse”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• asen, enas, nesa, sena, snea