frø

See also: fro, fró, and frö

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /frœː/, [fʁ̥œːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish frødh, from Old Norse frauðr.

Noun

frø c (singular definite frøen, plural indefinite frøer)

  1. frog
Inflection
Declension of frø
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frø frøen frøer frøerne
genitive frøs frøens frøers frøernes

Etymology 2

From Old Danish frø. The same as Swedish frö. Compare Old West Norse fræ, frjó, Icelandic fræ, Faroese fræ, dialectal Norwegian fræ, frjó, frø (standard nynorsk frø).

Noun

frø n (singular definite frøet, plural indefinite frø)

  1. seed (fertilized grain)
Inflection
Declension of frø
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frø frøet frø frøene
genitive frøs frøets frøs frøenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøene)

  1. a seed

Derived terms

Verb

frø (present tense frør, simple past frødde, past participle frødd)

  1. frø seg (selv) - to seed (itself), to self-seed (of a plant; reflexive)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse frjó and fræ. Akin to English fry.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /frøː/

Noun

frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa)

  1. a seed

Derived terms

References
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