prøve

• IPA^(key): /prøːvə/, [ˈpʰʁ̥œːʋə], [ˈpʰʁ̥œːʊ]

From Middle Low German prove, from Old French prueve or Medieval Latin proba. Compare English proof and German Probe.

prøve c (singular definite prøven, plural indefinite prøver)

1. trial, test, examination

   at være til prøve ― to take a test

2. ordeal
3. rehearsal, audition (of actors and artists)
4. sample, specimen
5. pattern, swatch (of cloth)
6. taste

From Middle Low German proven, from Old French prover or Medieval Latin probāre. Compare English prove and German prüfen.

prøve (past tense prøvede, past participle prøvet)

1. to try (to make an attempt)
2. to test
3. to try out, try on
4. to experience, go through
5. to rehearse

• “prøve” in Den Danske Ordbog
• prøve on the Danish Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^da

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
• styrkeprøve

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

• styrkeprøve

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.