trenge

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þryngva, influenced by Danish trænge, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (to press, to push). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk trengja, trengje, trenga, trenge and Icelandic þryngva.

Verb

trenge (imperative treng, present tense trenger, simple past trengte, past participle trengt, present participle trengende)

  1. to press
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þrøngva, influenced by Danish trænge, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną (to press, to push), causative of *þrinhwaną (to press, to push). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk trenga, trenge, Danish trænge, Swedish tränga, Icelandic þröngva.

Verb

trenge (imperative treng, present tense trenger, simple past trengte, past participle trengt, present participle trengende)

  1. to need
    Jeg trenger å spise.
    I need to eat.
  2. to require
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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

See the respective main entries.

Verb

trenge (present tense treng, past tense trong, past participle trunge, passive infinitive trengast, present participle trengande, imperative treng)

  1. Alternative form of trenga

Verb

trenge (present tense trenger, past tense trengde, past participle trengt, passive infinitive trengast, present participle trengande, imperative treng)

  1. Alternative form of trengja