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sød.

sweet (having a pleasant taste)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/søːˀð/[ˈsøˀð][ˈsøðˀ]

  1. sweet (having a pleasant taste)

  2. sweet (connected with well-being)

  3. sweet, nice (having a pleasant attitude)

  4. pretty, cute (good-looking)

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, cognate with Swedish söt, English sweet, German süß, Dutch zoet. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus, which is also the source of Latin suāvis, Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), Sanskrit स्वादुः (svādúḥ).

noun/søːˀð/[ˈsøˀð][ˈsøðˀ]

  1. whole milk

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Clipping of sødmælk.

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