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bygd.

a village or hamlet; a small, remote, rural collection of houses, especially on Greenland or the Faroe Islands; a settlement

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈb̥yɡ̊d̥]
  1. a village or hamlet; a small, remote, rural collection of houses, especially on Greenland or the Faroe Islands; a settlement

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish bygd, Old Norse byggð, a derivation from Old Norse byggva, byggja (“to build, dwell”) (cf. Danish bygge). In Modern Danish, the noun has been reintroduced from Norwegian.

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