dyst

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʏsd]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German dust, djost, from Old French jouste, from juster, from Vulgar Latin *iuxtāre, from Latin iuxtā (“close to”).

Noun

dyst c (singular definite dysten, plural indefinite dyster)

1. fight, struggle

Inflection

Declension of dyst

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyst	dysten	dyster	dysterne
genitive	dysts	dystens	dysters	dysternes

Synonyms

• kamp, strid

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dust.

Noun

dyst c (singular definite dysten, not used in plural form) (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) dust

Inflection

Declension of dyst

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyst	dysten
genitive	dysts	dystens

References

• “dyst” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “dyst” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog