tærskel

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

  • IPA(key): /tɛrskəl/, [ˈtˢæʁsɡ̊əl]

Noun

tærskel c (singular definite tærsklen or tærskelen, plural indefinite tærskler)

  1. threshold

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