föölte

Følte is the preterite (simple past) form of the Norwegian verb å føle, meaning to feel. It is used to describe sensations or emotional states that occurred in the past. The present tense is føler, and the past participle is følt, which is used with the auxiliary har to form perfect tenses (for example, jeg har følt).

Følte covers both physical sensations and emotions. Examples: Jeg følte kulden i ansiktet. Han følte smerte etter fallet. Etter møtet følte hun seg lettet. When used with a reflexive pronoun, følte can be part of the phrase føler seg, as in Jeg følte meg sliten etter løpet.

The verb is typically used in Bokmål and Nynorsk. In daily speech, følte can express a subjective experience, while andere verbs like kjenne may emphasize awareness or familiarity. For instance, jeg følte meg trist can express an emotional state, whereas jeg kjente meg trist might be used to convey a sense of recognition or realization that one is sad.

In conjugation, følte forms are combined with different auxiliary verbs to form tenses, for example har følt for present perfect and hadde følt for past perfect. The word is common in both written and spoken Norwegian and appears in a wide range of contexts, from describing bodily sensations to reporting past emotions.