nödtorft
See also: nødtørft
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Superficially equivalent to nöd + torft, from Old Swedish nødhthorft. Arguably borrowed from Middle Low German nōtorft, nōttroft, from Old Saxon nōdthurft. Related to Old Norse þurft, from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz.
Cognate of Danish nødtørft, German Notdurft, Dutch nooddruft, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 (naudiþaurfts).
Noun edit
nödtorft c
- absolute necessity, the bare essentials of life
Declension edit
Declension of nödtorft | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | nödtorft | nödtorften | — | — |
Genitive | nödtorfts | nödtorftens | — | — |