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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hogge, Swedish hugga, English hew, German hauen.
Pronunciation
Verb
hugge (past tense huggede, past participle hugget)
- to cut, to hack, to slash
- to pinch, to steal, snatch
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish hugge, from Old Norse hǫggva.
Verb
hugge (imperative hugg, present tense hugger, passive hugges, simple past hugget or hugde or hugg, past participle hugget or hugd, present participle huggende)
- alternative form of hogge
References
- “hugge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “hugge” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).