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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Danish drikkæ, (Western) Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną, cognate with Swedish dricka, English drink, German trinken.
Verb
drikke (imperative drik, present drikker, past drak, past participle, n drukket, c drukken, definite or plural drukne)
- drink
- have (to partake of a drink)
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Old Danish drickæ, from the verb.
Noun
drikke
- (rare) drink
mad og drikke- Food and drink
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
drikke c
- indefinite plural of drik
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse drykkja.
Noun
drikke n (indeclinable) (uncountable)
- drink (mass noun)
- mat og drikke - food and drink
Etymology 2
From Danish drikke, from Old Norse drekka (“to drink”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), from *dʰreg- (“to draw, glide”).
Verb
drikke (imperative drikk, present tense drikker, passive drikkes, simple past drakk, past participle drukket, present participle drikkende)
- to drink
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse drekka f, from the verb drekka.
Noun
drikke f (definite singular drikka, uncountable)
- drink (mass noun)
- mat og drikke - food and drink
Noun
drikke n (definite singular drikket, indefinite plural drikke, definite plural drikka)
- something to drink
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
drikke (present tense drikk, past tense drakk, past participle drukke, passive infinitive drikkast, present participle drikkande, imperative drikk)
- e-infinitive form of drikka
References