gulerod

Danish

Gulerødder

Etymology

From gul (“yellow”) +‎ rod (“root”). Cf. German gelbe Rübe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊uləˌʁoˀð], [ˈɡ̊uləˌʁoðˀ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

gulerod c (singular definite guleroden, plural indefinite gulerødder)

1. carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)
2. (slang) finger (usually plural)
   • 1963, Knud Poulsen, Vor berømte landsmand: et eventyr fra vore dage:

     ... og jeg vil netop mene, at i et demokrati som vort, hvor kongehuset udøver en betydningsfuld symbolsk funktion, gælder det om, at man . . . - ... at man holder gulerødderne væk fra symbolerne, navnlig prinsessens, afbrød distriktslægen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. incentive (something that motivates some action)

Usage notes

In compounds: gulerods-.

Inflection

Declension of gulerod

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gulerod	guleroden	gulerødder	gulerødderne
genitive	gulerods	gulerodens	gulerødders	gulerøddernes

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “incentive”): pisk

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gulerodsfarvet
• gulerodsflue
• gulerodskage
• gulerodsmetode
• gulerodssaft

See also

• gulerod on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da