nödtorft

See also: nødtørft

Swedish

Etymology

Superficially equivalent to nöd + torft, from Old Swedish nødhthorft. Arguably borrowed from Middle Low German nōtorft, nōttroft, from Old Saxon nōdthurft. Related to Old Norse þurft, from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz.

Cognate of Danish nødtørft, German Notdurft, Dutch nooddruft, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 (naudiþaurfts).

Noun

nödtorft c

  1. absolute necessity, the bare essentials of life

Declension

Declension of nödtorft 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative nödtorft nödtorften
Genitive nödtorfts nödtorftens

Derived terms

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