Spiser

Spiser is the present tense form of the verb sp ise, meaning to eat, in Danish and Norwegian Bokmål. It is used to describe eating in the present and appears with all subject pronouns, such as jeg spiser, du spiser, han spiser, vi spiser, dere spiser, de spiser.

In practice, spiser is common in everyday sentences. Danish examples: Hvad spiser du? (What are you eating?), Jeg spiser et æble. In Norwegian Bokmål: Hva spiser du? (What are you eating?), Jeg spiser et eple. The form conveys a general present action rather than a continuous aspect in these languages.

Linguistic note: spiser is a regular present-tense form in both Danish and Norwegian Bokmål and is characteristic of these closely related languages. In other Scandinavian languages, the present tense of the same verb may differ; for example, Swedish uses a different root (äter) for “to eat.” Spise as the infinitive exists in Danish and Norwegian, with spiser serving as the primary present-tense form.

See also: sp eating, spise. Spise is the related infinitive meaning “to eat,” and related forms appear in other Germanic languages with cognate roots.