tudse

Danish

Etymology

Compared to Old English tādie, tādiġe (Middle English tode (“toad”)), but OED rejects this because the zero grade of ai is i, not u. Possibly from tude (“to grumble”). Related to Swedish and Icelandic tossa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtusə]

Noun

tudse c (singular definite tudsen, plural indefinite tudser)

1. toad

Declension

Declension of tudse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tudse	tudsen	tudser	tudserne
genitive	tudses	tudsens	tudsers	tudsernes

References

• “tudse” in Den Danske Ordbog
• Liberman, Anatoly: An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction, p. xiv & 206
• Bosworth, Joseph (1838): A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language ...: With a Preface on the Origin and Connexion of the Germanic Tongues - a Map of Languages - and the Essentials of Anglo-Saxon Grammar