hugge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hogge, Swedish hugga, English hew, German hauen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoɡə/, [ˈhɔɡ̊ə]

Verb

hugge (past tense huggede, past participle hugget)

1. to cut, to hack, to slash
2. to pinch, to steal, snatch

Conjugation

Inflection of hugge

	present	past
simple	hugger	huggede
perfect	har hugget	havde hugget
passive	hugges	huggedes
participle	huggende	hugget
imperative	hug	—
infinitive	hugge	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	huggen	—

Derived terms

• halshugge
• hug
• hugst
• indhugge
• ophugge
• mundhugges
• stenhugger

References

• “hugge” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hugge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish hugge, from Old Norse hǫggva.

Verb

hugge (imperative hugg, present tense hugger, passive hugges, simple past hugget or hugde or hugg, past participle hugget or hugd, present participle huggende)

1. alternative form of hogge

References

• “hugge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hugge” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).