Blødte

Blødte is the simple past tense form of the Danish verb that means to bleed. It is used to describe a completed act of bleeding in the past and is typically paired with a time reference, such as i går (yesterday), i nat (last night), or da han faldt (when he fell). In narratives and medical contexts, blødte appears as the historical or reported tense form to indicate past events related to bleeding.

In usage, blødte governs a subject, and the sentence commonly centers on the fact that bleeding occurred and then stopped or continued for a time. Examples include: Han blødte fra såret. (He bled from the wound.) Kvinden blødte i flere minutter efter ulykken. (The woman bled for several minutes after the accident.) Lægen bemærkede, at hun allerede blødte mindre end før. (The doctor noted that she bled less than before.) The construction can be used with various subjects, including people and animals, depending on the context.

Etymology and related forms: the verb is historically linked to Danish words for blood (blod) and to other Germanic languages that have similar roots for bleed. The past tense form blødte reflects a common Danish weak-verb pattern of adding a -te ending to the verb stem. The noun for the medical condition or action of bleeding in Danish is blødning, and related verbs and phrases describe stopping bleeding or treating wounds.

See also: bleeding, blødning, wound care.