nød

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See also: nod, Nod, NOD, -nod, and -nöd

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hnot (nut), from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

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Noun

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nød c (singular definite nødden, plural indefinite nødder)

  1. (food, broadly) nut (a fruit consisting of a hard, dry, lipid-rich seed usually contained within a hard shell)
    1. nut (the edible seed of such a fruit)
    2. wood of the walnut tree
      Synonym: nøddetræ
      møbler i nøddetræwalnut furniture
  2. (botany, strictly) a true nut
  3. (informal) head
    Synonyms: hoved, bær, knop
  4. a dumb or stupid person, an idiot
    Synonym: idiot
  5. (slang, plural only) breastssee entry nødder
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse nauð, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

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nød c (singular definite nøden, not used in plural form)

  1. distress
  2. need, necessity
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Etymology 3

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See nyde.

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Verb

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nød

  1. past of nyde

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Etymology 4

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From Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. the meaning stems from Old Norse: njóta

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Noun

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nød

  1. (archaic, dialect), cattle
  2. (derogatory, archaic, dialect) a stupid or lazy person
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Danish nød, from Old Norse nauð, nauðr, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

Noun

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nød f or m (definite singular nøda or nøden, indefinite plural nøder, definite plural nødene)

  1. need, necessity
  2. want, poverty
  3. distress, in danger
    De er i nød ute på havet!
    They are in distress at sea!

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nauð, nauðr, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

Noun

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nød f (definite singular nøda, indefinite plural nøder, definite plural nødene)

  1. need, necessity
  2. want, poverty
  3. distress, in danger
    Dei er i nød ute på havet!
    They are in distress at sea!

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