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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tøj.

fabric, material

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɔj/[ˈtˢʌj][ˈtˢɒ̽j]
  1. fabric, material

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  2. cloth, clothes, clothing

    neuter · uncountable
  3. tool, mechanism

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  4. means of transport, mode of transport

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  5. body part with a certain function

    neuter
  6. articles of everyday use

    neuter
  7. material for knitting, needle work and such

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  8. something unpleasant

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Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German tüg (“tool, clothes”), from Old Saxon *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą, *teugą, *tiugiją (“stuff, gear, device for pulling”). Cognates include English toy and German Zeug (“stuff, gear, fabric”).

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