Danish Word of the Day
sove
/SOH-vuh/ • verb — 21st of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to sleep
Examples
- Jeg skal sove nu.
(I'm going to sleep now.) - Hun sover altid om aftenen.
(She always sleeps in the evening.) - Han kunne ikke sove på grund af støjen.
(He couldn't sleep because of the noise.)
Synonyms
- hvile
- døse
Used for the action of sleeping. Commonly used as the infinitive 'at sove' and conjugated like 'jeg sover' (I sleep) and 'jeg sov' (I slept). Appears in everyday phrases such as 'sove godt' (sleep well) and 'sove over sig' (oversleep).
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