tør

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tor"

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thur, thyr, thiur, from Old Norse þurr (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *þurzuz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tørr, turr, Swedish torr, German dürr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tœːˀr/, [ˈtˢɶˀɐ̯], [ˈtˢɶɐ̯ˀ]

Adjective

tør (neuter tørt, plural and definite singular attributive tørre)

  1. dry
  2. neat, straight (undiluted)
Inflection
Inflection of tør
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular tør tørrere tørrest2
indefinite neuter singular tørt tørrere tørrest2
plural tørre tørrere tørrest2
definite attributive1 tørre tørrere tørreste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tør/, [ˈtˢɶɐ̯]

Verb

tør

  1. present tense of turde

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tøːˀr/, [ˈtˢøˀɐ̯], [ˈtˢøɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

tør

  1. present tense of tø

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tørˀ/, [ˈtˢøɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

tør

  1. imperative of tørre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Verb

tør

  1. present of tora ("to dare")
    Synonym: tørst

Etymology 2

Verb

tør

  1. present tense of tø

Etymology 3

Noun

tør f

  1. indefinite plural of to
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