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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Danish duft (“powder”), Old Norse dupt n (“powder”), from Proto-Germanic *duftaz, cognate with Swedish doft (“powder”) and German Duft (“smell”), Middle High German tuft (“fog”). Semantically, the Danish word is influenced by the German word. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”), which is also found in Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”).
Noun
duft c (singular definite duften, plural indefinite dufte)
- a scent, fragrance
- a smell (nice, pleasant smell)
Declension
References
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
duft
- imperative of dufte
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dupt, from Proto-Germanic *duftaz. Cognate with Danish duft, Swedish doft, German Duft (“smell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
duft n (genitive singular dufts, no plural)
- powder
Declension
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
duft m (definite singular duften, indefinite plural dufter, definite plural duftene)
- a scent
- a smell (nice, pleasant smell)
Related terms
References
- “duft” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
duft f (definite singular dufta, indefinite plural dufter, definite plural duftene)
- a scent
- a smell (nice, pleasant smell)
Related terms
References
- “duft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.