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tråd.

thread

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/trɔːd/[tˢʁ̥ɔːˀð][tˢʁ̥ɔðˀ]

  1. thread

    common-gender

  2. wire

    common-gender

  3. string

    common-gender

  4. fiber, fibre

    common-gender

  5. filament

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish thraath, from Old Norse þráðr (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

noun/trɔd/[tˢʁʌð]

  1. A step, an act of treading.

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse troð (“an act of treading”).

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