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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

duge.

help, be useful; be good enough; work, suffice

4 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. help, be useful; be good enough; work, suffice

    Dette duger ikke. Vi får prøve noe annet.

  2. be skilled enough

    Er du sikker på at de duger til jobben?
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse duga (“to help, aid; do, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful, avail”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe (“to be productive”), from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; be strong, have force”).

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