burde

From Old Norse byrja (“to begin”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to lift”). Doublet of børje. The Old Norse verb is also construed with an infinitive subject in the sense "it is proper". In Modern Danish and Swedish, the verb has a personal subject and an infinitive as the object. The original Danish infinitive børe (cf. also Swedish böra) has been replaced by the past tense form burde analogically after the modal verbs kunne and skulle.

• IPA^(key): /bordə/, [ˈb̥oɐ̯d̥ə], [ˈb̥uɐ̯d̥ə]

burde (present tense bør, past tense burde, past participle burdet)

1. (auxiliary) ought

burde

1. (AB language, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire) alternative form of berde

burde

1. alternative form of bord

burde

1. alternative form of bourde

From Old Norse burði, preterite of byrja.

• IPA^(key): /²bʉɾdə/, [²bʉ̞ɖːə]

burde (present tense bør, simple past burde, past participle burdet) (modal verb)

1. should, ought to

   Du bør få fikset det.

   You should get it fixed.

Burde is often incorrectly used as the present tense in informal speech.

• “burde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• burda (a infinitive)

From Old Norse burði, preterite of byrja.

• IPA^(key): /²bʉrdə/, /²buːrə/

burde (present tense bør, simple past burde, past participle burt) (modal verb)

1. should, ought to

   Du burde få fiksa det.

   You should get it fixed.

• “burde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.