-tægt

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Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

References

Tægt” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog