-tægt

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse tekt f (“safety”), cognate of Norwegian Bokmål -tekt and Swedish täkt. A noun derived from the verb Old Norse taka (“to take”), Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

-tægt c (singular definite -tægten, plural indefinite -tægter)

  1. taking (used only as the second part of compounds)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

“Tægt” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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