Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse deyja (to die), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål , Swedish , Icelandic deyja, English die.

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(imperative , present dør, past tense døde, past participle død or døet, present participle døende) (the past participle døet is only used in the expressions dø bort, dø hen, dø ud; elsewhere, the adjective død is used)

  1. die

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” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Danish , from Old Norse deyja (to die) (compare English die), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-. Cognate with Danish , Swedish , Icelandic deyja.

Verb edit

(imperative , present tense dør, simple past døde, past participle dødd, present participle døende)

  1. to die (intransitive)
    Oldemoren min døde i går.
    My great-grandmother died yesterday.
  2. to cease to exist (intransitive)
    Arten døde ut for hundrevis av år siden.
    The species died out hundreds of years ago.

Synonyms edit

Synonyms of (to die)
Synonyms of (to cease to exist)

Derived terms edit

  • døende
  • på sin post = die on duty (literally: "die at one's post")
  • holde på å av latter = nearly die laughing (literally: "nearly die of laughter")
  • (literary) ikke la noen i synden = not let someone get away with it (literally: "not let anyone die in sin")

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

(present tense dør, past tense dødde, past participle dødd or døtt, present participle døande, imperative )

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of døy