jorde

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Danish

Noun

jorde c

  1. indefinite plural of jord

Verb

jorde (imperative jord, infinitive at jorde, present tense jorder, past tense jordede, perfect tense har jordet)

  1. (of person) to put down, to flatten, to floor
  2. to bury or inter (something or someone)
  3. (electricity, slang) to earth (UK) or ground (US) (something)

Conjugation

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A blending of jord and gjerde

Noun

jorde n (definite singular jordet, indefinite plural jorder, definite plural jorda or jordene)

  1. (agriculture) a field
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse jarða (sense 1).

Verb

jorde (imperative jord, present tense jorder, passive jordes, simple past and past participle jorda or jordet, present participle jordende)

  1. to bury (something)
  2. (electricity) to earth (UK) or ground (US) (something)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From eastern Middle Norwegian gjorde, from Old Norse gerði.

Noun

jorde n (definite singular jordet, indefinite plural jorde, definite plural jorda)

  1. (agriculture) a field
    Synonyms: åker, gjerde
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse jarða, with its vowel probably influenced by jord from Old Norse jǫrð.

Alternative forms

Verb

jorde (present tense jordar, past tense jorda, past participle jorda, passive infinitive jordast, present participle jordande, imperative jorde/jord)

  1. (transitive) to bury, inter
  2. (transitive, electricity) to connect electrically to the earth; to earth (UK); to ground (US)
Derived terms

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