dåd

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See also: dad, daad, Dad, Daad, DAD, -dad, and dáð

Danish

Etymology

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From Old Danish dāth, from Old Norse dáð, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from *dʰeh₁- (“to place, set, put”). Cognate with Old English dǣd (whence English deed).

Noun

dåd c (singular definite dåden, plural indefinite dåder)

  1. feat, deed; an impressive, heroic or otherwise laudable act
    • 1907, Gudmund Schütte, Oldsagn om Godtjod: bidrag til etnisk Kildeforsknings metode med særligt henblik på folk-stamsagn
      Saxes Skildring af Starkads Ungdom sætter Kampen i Irland blandt hans første Dåder, ...
      Saxe's depiction of Starkad's youth puts the battle in Ireland among his first feats, ...
    • 2014, Walter Benjamin (tr. by Sofie Kluge), Det tyske sørgespils oprindelse, Museum Tusculanum Press (→ISBN), page 156:
      ... officererne holder fortræffelige taler og fortæller om deres store dåder, ...
      ... the officers hold exquisite speeches and speak of their great deeds, ...
    • 1970, Bent Jørgensen, Dansk gadenavneskik
      ... det fornuftige synspunkt, at man i tide kan hædre en mand efter hans død, hvis hans dåder berettiger dertil.
      ... the reasonable point of view that one can, in time, honoour a man after his death, if his deeds entitle him to that.

Declension

Declension of dåd
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dåd dåden dåder dåderne
genitive dåds dådens dåders dådernes

Swedish

Etymology

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From Old Swedish dāþ, from Old Norse dáð, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from *dʰeh₁- (“to place, set, put”). Cognate with Old English dǣd (whence English deed).

Noun

dåd n

  1. feat, deed; an impressive, heroic or otherwise laudable act

Declension

Declension of dåd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dåd dådet dåd dåden
Genitive dåds dådets dåds dådens

Derived terms

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