returnerte

Returnerte is the preterite (simple past) form of the Norwegian verb returnere, meaning to return in English. It describes a completed action of returning something or returning to a place or state, and is used in past tense statements in Bokmål and Nynorsk.

Form and conjugation: The infinitive is å returnere. Present tense is returnerer. Past tense is returnerte. The past participle is returnert. In perfect tenses, the verb commonly appears with the auxiliary ha, as in Jeg har returnert boken. The participle form returnert is used in passive-like constructions and in compound tenses.

Usage: Returnere is transitive and typically takes a direct object, for example, "Han returnerte boken til biblioteket" (He returned the book to the library). It can also describe returning to a place, as in "Etter møtet returnerte hun til kontoret." The word is standard in formal and everyday Norwegian, though more specialized contexts might use synonyms such as gjenlevere or komme tilbake depending on nuance.

Etymology: The verb is a borrowed Norwegian verb, commonly traced to the influence of French retourner or Latin retornare, integrated into Norwegian with the familiar -ere verb pattern. The past tense form returnerte reflects regular inflection for this verb class.

See also: returnere, returnert, returnerthet (related forms and related verbs).