forbud

See also: förbud

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒːˌb̥uð]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse forboð, from Proto-Germanic *furibudą, cognate with Swedish förbud, German Verbot. Verbalnoun of the verb *furibeudaną, see forbyde.

Noun

forbud (singular definite forbuddet or forbudet, plural indefinite forbud)

  1. ban
  2. prohibition
Declension

Etymology 2

From for- (before) + bud (messenger). Calque of German Vorbote. Compare also Swedish förebud, Swedish förbud.

Noun

forbud n (singular definite forbuddet, plural indefinite forbud)

  1. (obsolete) harbinger (a person announcing something in advance)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb forby.

Noun

forbud n (definite singular forbudet, indefinite plural forbud, definite plural forbuda or forbudene)

  1. a ban
  2. prohibition

Derived terms

See also

References

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