dögg

See also: Dögg, dogg, døgg, dǫgg, and Dogg

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dǫgg (“dew”), from Proto-Germanic *dawwō (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with Danish dug (“dew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tœkː/

  Rhymes: -œkː

Noun

dögg f (genitive singular daggar or (archaic/obsolete) döggvar, nominative plural daggir or (archaic/obsolete) döggvar)

1. dew

Declension

Declension of dögg (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dögg	döggin	daggir, döggvar1	daggirnar, döggvarnar1
accusative	dögg	döggina	daggir, döggvar1	daggirnar, döggvarnar1
dative	dögg	dögginni	döggum, döggvum1	döggunum, döggvunum1
genitive	daggar, döggvar1	daggarinnar, döggvarinnar1	dagga, döggva1	dagganna, döggvanna1

¹Archaic/obsolete.

Derived terms

• daggarmark (“dew point”)
• hunangsdögg (“honey dew”)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “dögg”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “dögg” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “dögg”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)