duge
See also: Appendix:Variations of "duge"
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːu]
- Synonym: due
Noun
duge c
- indefinite plural of dug
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse duga (“to help, aid; do, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful, avail”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe (“to be productive”), from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; be strong, have force”).
Verb
duge (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugd)
- help, be useful; be good enough; work, suffice
- Dette duger ikke. Vi får prøve noe annet.
- This doesn't work. We'll have to try something else.
- be skilled enough
- Er du sikker på at de duger til jobben?
- Are you sure that they are skilled enough for the job?
References
- “duge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
duge (present tense duger, past tense dugde, past participle dugt/dugd, passive infinitive dugast, present participle dugande, imperative dug)
- alternative form of duga
Rawa
Noun
duge
References
- Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
duge (Cyrillic spelling дуге)
- inflection of dug:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Noun
duge
- inflection of duga:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural