dukke
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse dokka, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ, cognate with Old Saxon dokka, Old High German tocka.
Noun edit
dukke c (singular definite dukken, plural indefinite dukker)
Declension edit
Declension of dukke
References edit
- “dukke,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
From Low German dukken, from Middle Low German dūken, from Old Saxon *dūkan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (“to duck”), cognate with English duck, German ducken.
Verb edit
dukke
Conjugation edit
Inflection of dukke
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “dukke,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
- dokke (Nynorsk also)
Noun edit
dukke f or m (definite singular dukka or dukken, indefinite plural dukker, definite plural dukkene)
- a doll (toy in the form of a human)
- a marionette, puppet
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Low German dukken.
Verb edit
dukke (imperative dukk, present tense dukker, passive dukkes, simple past and past participle dukka or dukket, present participle dukkende)
References edit
- “dukke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
dukke (present tense dukkar, past tense dukka, past participle dukka, passive infinitive dukkast, present participle dukkande, imperative dukke/dukk)
- Alternative form of dukka