duge
See also: Appendix:Variations of "duge"
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duge c
- indefinite plural of dug
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse duga (“to help, aid; do, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful, avail”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe (“to be productive”), from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; be strong, have force”).
Verb edit
duge (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugd)
- help, be useful; be good enough; work, suffice
- Dette duger ikke. Vi får prøve noe annet.
- This doesn't work. We'll have to try something else.
- be skilled enough
- Er du sikker på at de duger til jobben?
- Are you sure that they are skilled enough for the job?
References edit
- “duge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
duge (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugt/dugd, passive infinitive dugast, present participle dugande, imperative dug)
- Alternative form of duga
Rawa edit
Noun edit
duge
References edit
- Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Adjective edit
duge
- inflection of dug:
Noun edit
duge
- inflection of duga: