lukke

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the verb lukke (“to close”).

Noun

lukke n (singular definite lukket, plural indefinite lukker)

  1. (rare) fastening, lock
  2. (rare) cover
  3. (linguistics) closure, flap, tap, a momentary closure of the oral cavity
Inflection
Declension of lukke
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lukke lukket lukker lukkerne
genitive lukkes lukkets lukkers lukkernes

Etymology 2

From Old Danish lykkiæ, lykkæ (preterit luktæ), from Old Norse lykja (preterit lukta), from Proto-Germanic *lukjaną (“to close, shut”). The modern Danish form has the vowel of the preterit and the participle. There may also be a contamination with the related strong verb Old Danish lukæ, lughæ (preterit løk), from Old Norse lúka (preterit lauk), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, shut”) (preterit *lauk).

Verb

lukke (past tense lukkede, past participle lukket)

  1. to close
  2. to shut
  3. to shut down
  4. to turn off (to stop a flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve or tap, typically used with preposition for)
    De truer med at lukke for gassen.
    They are threatening to turn off the gas.
    Husk at lukke for vandhanen efter brug.
    Remember to turn off the water tap after use.
  5. (reflexive) to shut oneself
Conjugation
Inflection of lukke
present past
simple lukker lukkede
perfect har lukket havde lukket
passive lukkes lukkedes
participle lukkende lukket
imperative luk —
infinitive lukke —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund lukken —
Derived terms

Dutch

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Verb

lukke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lukken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish lukke.

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Verb

lukke (imperative lukk, present tense lukker, passive lukkes, simple past and past participle lukka or lukket)

  1. to close
  2. to shut

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

lukke (present tense lukkar, past tense lukka, past participle lukka, passive infinitive lukkast, present participle lukkande, imperative lukke/lukk)

  1. Alternative form of lukka (“close”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German lucke, gelucke. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke, and Swedish lycka. Compare also English luck, German Glück, Yiddish גליק (glik), West Frisian gelok, Dutch and Afrikaans geluk, Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo koloku.

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Pronunciation

Noun

lukke f (definite singular lukka, indefinite plural lukker, definite plural lukkene)

  1. happiness
  2. (good) luck, fortune
  3. blessing
Derived terms

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