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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse deyja (“to die”), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål dø, Swedish dö, Icelandic deyja, English die.
Pronunciation
Verb
dø (imperative dø, present dør, past tense døde, past participle død or døet, present participle døende) (the past participle døet is only used in the expressions dø bort, dø hen, dø ud; elsewhere, the adjective død is used)
- die
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“dø” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish dø, from Old Norse deyja (“to die”) (compare English die), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-. Cognate with Danish dø, Swedish dö, Icelandic deyja.
Verb
dø (imperative dø, present tense dør, simple past døde, past participle dødd, present participle døende)
- to die (intransitive)
Oldemoren min døde i går.- My great-grandmother died yesterday.
- to cease to exist (intransitive)
Arten døde ut for hundrevis av år siden.- The species died out hundreds of years ago.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- døende
- dø på sin post = die on duty (literally: "die at one's post")
- holde på å dø av latter = nearly die laughing (literally: "nearly die of laughter")
- (literary) ikke la noen dø i synden = not let someone get away with it (literally: "not let anyone die in sin")
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
dø (present tense dør, past tense dødde, past participle dødd or døtt, present participle døande, imperative dø)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of døy