tygge

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggva, tyggja, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną. Cognate with English chew and German kauen (to chew).

Pronunciation

Verb

tygge (imperative tyg, infinitive at tygge, present tense tygger, past tense tyggede, perfect tense har tygget)

  1. to chew

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggja, tyggva, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Verb

tygge (imperative tygg, present tense tygger, simple past tygde or tygget, past participle tygd or tygget, present participle tyggende)

  1. to chew

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tygge (present tense tygg, past tense togg, past participle togge, passive infinitive tyggast, present participle tyggande, imperative tygg)

  1. Alternative form of tyggja