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Swedish
Etymology
Superficially equivalent to nöd + torft, from Old Swedish nødhthorft. Arguably borrowed from Middle Low German nōtorft, nōttroft, from Old Saxon nōdthurft, from nōd (“need”) + thurft (“need”).
Related to Old Norse þurft, which is from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz. Cognate of Danish nødtørft, German Notdurft, Dutch nooddruft, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 (naudiþaurfts).
Noun
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- absolute necessity, the bare essentials of life
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