Wiktionary

tråd

See also: Appendix:Variations of "trad"

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish thraath, from Old Norse þráðr (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /trɔːd/, [tˢʁ̥ɔːˀð], [tˢʁ̥ɔðˀ]

Noun edit

tråd c (singular definite tråden, plural indefinite tråde)

  1. thread
  2. wire
  3. string
  4. fiber, fibre
  5. filament
Inflection edit
Declension of tråd
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tråd tråden tråde trådene
genitive tråds trådens trådes trådenes

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse troð (“an act of treading”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /trɔd/, [tˢʁʌð]

Noun edit

tråd n (singular definite tråddet, plural indefinite tråd)

  1. A step, an act of treading.
Inflection edit
Declension of tråd
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tråd tråddet tråd tråddene
genitive tråds tråddets tråds tråddenes

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þráðr, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

Noun edit

tråd m (definite singular tråden, indefinite plural tråder, definite plural trådene)

  1. thread
  2. wire
  3. floss

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þráðr, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Akin to English thread.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tråd m (definite singular tråden, indefinite plural trådar, definite plural trådane)

  1. thread
  2. wire
  3. floss

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þráðr (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Definition 3 is probably a calque of English thread.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtroːd/
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Noun edit

tråd c

  1. wire
  2. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material).
  3. thread, a continued theme or idea.
    Alla dessa essäer har en röd tråd.
    All of these essays have a common thread.
    Jag har tappat tråden av vad du säger.
    I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.
  4. (Internet) A thread, a series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread

Declension edit

Declension of tråd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tråd tråden trådar trådarna
Genitive tråds trådens trådars trådarnas

Derived terms edit

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