dufte

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Borrowed from German duften, derived from the noun Duft (“smell”) (cf. Danish duft).

dufte (imperative duft, infinitive at dufte, present tense dufter, past tense duftede, perfect tense har duftet)

1. to smell nice (to emit a nice smell)

   Blomsterne dufter.

2. (proscribed) to smell something nice (to detect a nice smell)

   Jeg duftede til blomsterne.

   Synonym: lugte

• “dufte” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dufte

1. plural indefinite of duft

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʊftə/

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From Hebrew טוֹב (tov, “good”), via Yiddish and Rotwelsch. Compare Dutch tof.

dufte (strong nominative masculine singular dufter, comparative dufter, superlative am duftesten)

1. (colloquial, dated) good, great, sweet

   Synonyms: toll, klasse, prima

   • 1991, “Berlin (is dufte!)”, in Street, performed by Nina Hagen:

     Berlin is’ dufte, Hauptstadt der DDR / Berlin is’ dufte, und die olle Mauer is’ och nich’ mehr

     Berlin is great, capital of East Germany / Berlin is great, and the ol’ wall is gone too

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dufte

1. inflection of duften:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

• “dufte” in Duden online
• “dufte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From German duften.

dufte (imperative duft, present tense dufter, passive duftes, simple past and past participle dufta or duftet, present participle duftende)

1. to smell (emit a fragrance or scent, have a nice smell)

• duft (noun)

• “dufte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dufte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From German duften.

dufte (present tense duftar, past tense dufta, past participle dufta, passive infinitive duftast, present participle duftande, imperative dufte/duft)

1. to smell (emit a fragrance or scent, have a nice smell)

• dufta

• duft (noun)

• “dufte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.