Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse tekt f (safety), cognate of Norwegian Bokmål -tekt and Swedish täkt. A noun derived from the verb Old Norse taka (to take), Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (to touch).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

-tægt c (singular definite -tægten, plural indefinite -tægter)

  1. taking (used only as the second part of compounds)

Derived terms edit

References edit

Tægt” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog