føde

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See also: fode

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /føːðə/,
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Danish føthæ, from Old Norse fœða f, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijǭ, which is only found in North Germanic. Related words are *fōdīniz (in Middle Low German vōde, Middle High German vüete, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins)) and *fōdô (in English food).

Noun

føde c (singular definite føden, not used in plural form)

  1. food
  2. nourishment
  3. diet

Etymology 2

From Old Danish føthæ, from Old Norse fœða, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, cognate with Swedish föda, English feed, Dutch voeden.

Verb

føde (past tense fødte, past participle født)

  1. to bear, give birth
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Verb

føde (past tense fødede or fødte, past participle fødet or født)

  1. to feed
  2. to support
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Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fœða, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, cognate with Swedish föda, English feed, Dutch voeden.

Verb

føde (imperative fød, present tense føder, passive fødes, simple past fødte, past participle født, present participle fødende)

  1. to give birth, be born

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fœða.

Verb

føde (present tense føder, past tense fødde, past participle født/fødd, passive infinitive fødast, present participle fødande, imperative fød)

  1. to give birth, be born
  2. to feed, nourish, maintain, support

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