No. 346 in Danish
viste
"Viste" in English means "showed" or "displayed."
In a sentence
Hun viste mig et billede fra ferien.
She showed me a picture from the vacation.
Here, 'viste' means 'showed' and is the past tense of the verb 'vise', which means 'to show'.
Han viste sig at være en god ven.
He turned out to be a good friend.
In this sentence, 'viste' is part of the phrase 'viste sig', which means 'turned out' or 'proved', conveying the discovery or realization of a trait.
De viste deres gæstfrihed ved at byde os velkommen.
They showed their hospitality by welcoming us.
Again, 'viste' here means 'showed' and relates to the action of displaying a quality, in this case, hospitality.
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