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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dug.

dew

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/duɡ/[ˈd̥uɡ̊]
  1. dew

    common-gender · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse dǫgg (“dew”), from Proto-Germanic *dawwō, *dawwaz (“dew”), cognate with Swedish dagg, English dew, German Tau (“dew”), Dutch dauw.

noun/duːˀ/[ˈd̥uˀ]
  1. tablecloth (a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table)

    common-gender
  2. a piece of canvas or cloth

    common-gender
  3. a piece of bunting (material from which flags are made)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German dūk, dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz, cognate with German Tuch, Dutch doek (Old Norse dúkr is also borrowed from Low German).

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