motgift

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology[edit]

mot (against) +‎ gift (poison). Calque of German Gegengift. Compare Danish modgift

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /muːt.jift/, [ˈmuʷːt.ˌjɪft]

Noun[edit]

motgift f or m (definite singular motgifta or motgiften, indefinite plural motgifter, definite plural motgiftene)

  1. antidote

References[edit]

“motgift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mot (against) +‎ gift (poison). Calque of German Gegengift.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /muːt.jift/, [ˈmuʷːt.ˌjɪft]

Noun[edit]

motgift f (definite singular motgifta, indefinite plural motgifter, definite plural motgiftene)

  1. antidote

References[edit]

“motgift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology[edit]

mot (against) +‎ gift (poison). Calque of German Gegengift.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

motgift n

  1. antidote

Inflection[edit]

Declension of motgift 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative motgift motgiftet motgifter motgifterna
Genitive motgifts motgiftets motgifters motgifternas

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

motgift in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)