Ejede

Ejede is the past tense form of the Danish verb eje, which means to own. It is used to describe possession in the simple past, for example: Han ejede huset i ti år. Jeg ejede bilen før jeg solgte den. The corresponding present tense is ejer, and the past participle is ejet, which is used with has or have to form the perfect tense, as in Jeg har ejet bilen siden 2012.

In Danish, ejede functions as a finite verb in past-tense clauses and does not indicate bidirectional ownership or ongoing possession beyond the past event described. For ongoing possession, Danish would typically use the present tense or a future construction, with eje or have ejet in compound tenses as appropriate.

The term is closely related to the general concept of ownership and its linguistic forms. Eje forms are part of a broader set of related words in Danish that express ownership and property, such as ejer (the owner, a noun) and ejendom (property, real estate), as well as the verb form ejet for past participle use. The word shares cognates with other Scandinavian languages, where similar root forms appear for the concept of owning property.

See also: eje (to own), ejer (owner), ejendom (property), ejerskab (ownership).