duge

See also: Appendix:Variations of "duge"

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːu]
• Synonym: due

Noun

duge c

1. 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)

1. 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.

2. 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)

1. alternative form of duga

Rawa

Noun

duge

1. knife

References

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

duge (Cyrillic spelling дуге)

1. inflection of dug:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

duge (Cyrillic spelling дуге)

1. inflection of duga:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural