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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse draumr, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz (“dream”), cognate with English dream, German Traum. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive, injure”), hence Sanskrit द्रुह्यति (druhyati, “to hurt”) and also, via Low German, Danish bedrage (“to deceive”).
Noun
drøm c (singular definite drømmen, plural indefinite drømme)
- dream
Declension
See also
References
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
drøm
- imperative of drømme
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Danish drøm.
Noun
drøm m (definite singular drømmen, indefinite plural drømmer, definite plural drømmene)
- a dream
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
drøm
- imperative of drømme
See also
References
- “drøm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “drøm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
drøm m (definite singular drømmen, indefinite plural drømmar, definite plural drømmane)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of draum
- (pre-1938) alternative form of draum