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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse keyra, from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną, Norwegian kjøre, Swedish köra.
Verb
køre (imperative kør, infinitive at køre, present tense kører, past tense kørte, perfect tense har/er kørt)
- (transitive) to drive (to be the driver of a vehicle or to convey somebody in a vehicle)
- (intransitive) to drive (to go somewhere in a vehicle), to ride (to go somewhere, e.g. on a bike)
- (intransitive) to run (of a machine)
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Etymology 2
From the verb, compare Norwegian kjør, Swedish kör.
Noun
køre c (singular definite køren, not used in plural form)
- (obsolete) drive
- only in the expression i en køre (“incessantly”)
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