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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

(imperative , infinitive at , present tense dør, past tense døde, perfect tense er døet)

  1. die

Synonyms


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

(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

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

Derived terms

  • 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")

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of døy