krudt

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed and clipped from Middle Low German (büssen)krūt, (bussen)krût (“gunpowder”), from büsse (“rifle”) +‎ krût (“spice, herb”), from Old Saxon krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd (“herb, plant”). For the first element see Proto-West Germanic *buhsā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krut/, [ˈkʰʁ̥ud̥], [ˈkʰʁ̥od̥]

Noun

krudt n (singular definite krudtet, not used in plural form)

  1. gunpowder, powder
  2. pep, go (energy)

Declension

Declension of krudt
neuter
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative krudt krudtet
genitive krudts krudtets

References

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