forbud

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse forboð, from Proto-Germanic *furibudą, cognate with Swedish förbud, German Verbot. Verbalnoun of the verb *furibeudaną, see forbyde.

Noun

forbud (singular definite forbuddet or forbudet, plural indefinite forbud)

  1. ban
  2. prohibition
Declension
Declension of forbud

gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative forbud forbuddet
forbudet 		forbud forbuddene
forbudene
genitive forbuds forbuddets
forbudets 		forbuds forbuddenes
forbudenes

Etymology 2

From for- (“before”) +‎ bud (“messenger”). Calque of German Vorbote. Compare also Swedish förebud, Swedish förbud.

Noun

forbud n (singular definite forbuddet, plural indefinite forbud)

  1. (obsolete) harbinger (a person announcing something in advance)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb forby.

Noun

forbud n (definite singular forbudet, indefinite plural forbud, definite plural forbuda or forbudene)

  1. a ban
  2. prohibition

Derived terms

See also

References

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