torden

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish *thor, from Old Norse þórr (from Proto-Germanic *þunraz) + dynr (“drone, noise, din, boom”). Compare Swedish tordön (“thunder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tordən/, [ˈtˢoɐ̯d̥n̩]

Noun

torden c (singular definite tordenen, plural indefinite tordener)

1. thunder
2. thunderstorm

Inflection

Declension of torden

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torden	tordenen	tordener	tordenerne
genitive	tordens	tordenens	tordeners	tordenernes

Synonyms

• (thunder): tordenskrald
• (thunderstorm): tordenvejr

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tur.den/, [tʊ.ɖən], [tʊ.ɖɳ̩]

Noun

torden m (definite singular tordenen)

1. thunder

Derived terms

• tordensky
• tordenvær

See also

• tore (Nynorsk)

References

• “torden” in The Bokmål Dictionary.