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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse deyja (to die), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål , Swedish , Icelandic deyja, English die.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(imperative , present dør, past tense døde, past participle død or døet, present participle døende) (the past participle døet is only used in the expressions dø bort, dø hen, dø ud; elsewhere, the adjective død is used)

  1. die

Synonyms

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References

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” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Danish , from Old Norse deyja (to die) (compare English die), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-. Cognate with Danish , Swedish , Icelandic deyja.

Verb

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(imperative , present tense dør, simple past døde, past participle dødd, present participle døende)

  1. to die (intransitive)
    Oldemoren min døde i går.
    My great-grandmother died yesterday.
  2. to cease to exist (intransitive)
    Arten døde ut for hundrevis av år siden.
    The species died out hundreds of years ago.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of (to die)
Synonyms of (to cease to exist)

Derived terms

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  • døende
  • på sin post = die on duty (literally: "die at one's post")
  • holde på å av latter = nearly die laughing (literally: "nearly die of laughter")
  • (literary) ikke la noen i synden = not let someone get away with it (literally: "not let anyone die in sin")
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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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(present tense dør, past tense dødde, past participle dødd or døtt, present participle døande, imperative )

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of døy