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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þreskǫldr, þreskjǫldr, þrepskjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic *þreskwaþluz. Related to tærske (“to thrash, thresh”) in a dated sense "to stamp, stomp, stump". Cognate with Norwegian terskel, treskel, Swedish tröskel.
Pronunciation
Noun
tærskel c (singular definite tærsklen or tærskelen, plural indefinite tærskler)
- threshold
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