tørst

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish thyrst, thørst, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, *þurstiz, cognate with Swedish törst, English thirst, German Durst. In Old West Norse, þyrstr is an adjective, and þorsti is used instead.

Pronunciation

Noun

tørst c (singular definite tørsten, not used in plural form)

  1. thirst

Declension

Declension of tørst
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative tørst tørsten
genitive tørsts tørstens

Verb

tørst

  1. imperative of tørste

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þyrstr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tørst (neuter singular tørst, definite singular and plural tørste, comparative tørstere, indefinite superlative tørstest, definite superlative tørsteste)

  1. thirsty

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þorsti.

Alternative forms

Noun

tørst m (definite singular tørsten)

  1. (a) thirst

Etymology 3

Verb

tørst

  1. imperative of tørste

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þyrstr.

Alternative forms

Adjective

tørst (indefinite singular tørst, definite singular and plural tørste, comparative tørstare, indefinite superlative tørstast, definite superlative tørstaste)

  1. thirsty

Participle

tørst (definite singular and plural tørste)

  1. past participle of tørste

Verb

tørst

  1. imperative of tørste
  2. supine of tørste

Etymology 2

Noun

tørst m (definite singular tørsten, indefinite plural tørstar, definite plural tørstane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tørste

References

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