prøve

prøve c (singular definite prøven, plural indefinite prøver)

1. trial, test, examination
2. rehearsal, audition
3. proof
4. sample, specimen
5. pattern, swatch
6. taste

prøve (imperative prøv, infinitive at prøve, present tense prøver, past tense prøvede, perfect tense har prøvet)

1. try
2. test
3. try out
4. try on
5. experience, go through
6. rehearse

From Middle Low German prove, from Medieval Latin proba.

prøve f or m (definite singular prøva or prøven, indefinite plural prøver, definite plural prøvene)

1. test
2. sample

• blodprøve
• prøverør
• prøvetur

From Old Norse prófa, from Middle Low German proven and from Latin probare.

prøve (imperative prøv, present tense prøver, passive prøves, simple past prøvde, past participle prøvd, present participle prøvende)

1. to try

   prøve på - to try on (clothing)

2. to rehearse

• overprøve
• prøvekjøre

• “prøve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare.

• IPA^(key): /²prøːʋə/

prøve m (definite singular prøven, indefinite plural prøvar, definite plural prøvane)
prøve f (definite singular prøva, indefinite plural prøver, definite plural prøvene)

1. a test, examination
2. a sample
3. probation

prøve (present tense prøver, past tense prøvde, past participle prøvd or prøvt, present participle prøvande, imperative prøv)

1. Alternative form of prøva

• “prøve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.