turde

Danish

Etymology

A merger of two unrelated verbs: 1. Old Norse þora (“to dare”), of unknown origin, and 2. þurfa (“to need”), from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną, related to German dürfen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢoːɐ] (the past tense is also pronounced IPA(key): [ˈtˢoɐ̯d̥ə] in the sense "ought to").

Verb

turde (imperative turd, infinitive at turde, present tense tør, past tense turde, perfect tense har turdet)

  1. to dare
  2. ought to
  3. might

Synonyms

Latin

Noun

turde

  1. vocative singular of turdus
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