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Danish

Etymology

Old Norse útan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuðən/, /ˈuː.ɤn/

Preposition

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  1. without
    • 1979, Tommy Seebach, Disco Tango:
      En jockey uden hest der disker op med nyt fra USA: soul, reggae, eller pop.
      A jockey without a horse dishes it up with news from the USA: soul, reggae or pop.
  2. (dated) except for, but, save
    • 1815, Erich Christian Werlauff, Bemærkninger over folkesagnene om en nordisk kæmpeslægt i oldtiden, page 18:
      Af det hele Overhoved fandt han intet uden nogle hvide tynde Smuler af Hovedskallen, næsten som Æggeskal, og Tænder faldne af Overmunden, hvilke vare i Behold.
      Of the entire upper head he found nothing save some white thin scraps of the cranium, almost like egg-shell, and teeth fallen off the upper mouth which were intact.

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

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  1. rain
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