grøft

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Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

grøft c (singular definite grøften, plural indefinite grøfter)

  1. ditch, trench

Inflection

Declension of grøft
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grøft grøften grøfter grøfterne
genitive grøfts grøftens grøfters grøfternes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫptr, grǫftr (“digging, burial”), from Proto-Germanic *graftuz (“digging, carving”), from *grabaną (“to dig”) +‎ *-þuz, first part from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).

Noun

grøft f or m (definite singular grøfta or grøften, indefinite plural grøfter, definite plural grøftene)

  1. a ditch (for water)
  2. a trench (for pipes and cables)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫptr, from Proto-Germanic *graftuz. Related to grava (“to dig”).

Pronunciation

Noun

grøft f (definite singular grøfta, indefinite plural grøfter, definite plural grøftene)

  1. a ditch (for water)
  2. a trench (for pipes and cables)

References

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