due – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of due

Noun: due
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.due
Pl.duer

Definite

Sg.dua; duen
Pl.duene

Sample Sentences

  • vær kloke som slanger og troskyldige som duer (be wise as serpents and faithful as doves) [(Can we date this quote?), The Bible, Matt 10,16:]
  • enkelte av disse blide duer var tilmed så foretaksomme at de ikke nøyde seg med å legge brev og aviser fra seg på det store bordet i hålen (some of these cheerful pigeons were even so enterprising that they did not content themselves with leaving letters and newspapers on the big table in the hole) [1949, Johan Borgen, Jenny og påfuglen, page 34:]
  • falk og due, due og falk (falcon and dove, dove and falcon) [1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 161:]
  • leke hauk og due (play hawk and dove; a game in which one participant tries to catch the other)
  • hej, øves leg af kælne duer på disse ørkenbrune tuer! (hey, practice playing with cuddly pigeons on these desert brown tufts!) [1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 89:]
  • lukk opp for mig, min søster, min elskede, min due, min fullkomne (open up to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect) [(Can we date this quote?), The Bible, Song of Songs 5,2:]
  • fredens due (dove of peace)
  • den selvsamme «hauk» som tapte for den republikanske «duen» Hatfield ved senatsvalget (the very "hawk" who lost to the Republican "dove" Hatfield in the Senate election) [1968, Pax, page 11:]
  • senator Edward M. Kennedy – en av «duene» i amerikansk politikk når det gjelder Vietnam-krigen (Senator Edward M. Kennedy - one of the "doves" of American politics in the Vietnam War) [1971, Dagbladet, page 12:]
  • [Jesus] så Guds ånd komme ned over seg som en due ([Jesus] saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove) [(Can we date this quote?), The Bible, Matt 3,16:]
  • Guds klarheds due sidder skjult; ve, aldrig over mig den dalte (The dove of God's clarity sits hidden; woe, never upon me it fell) [1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 219:]

Nouns inflected like due

krokodille, snuppe, flytebrygge, smekke, slynge, slette, skøyte, sløyfe, brennesle, skuffe, skråme, skrøne, skisse, skinke, skinne, skjære, skorpe, diamantgruve, revebjelle, øygruppe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“hazy, unclear, dark; deep”). Cognate with Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove. The sense “politician favouring conciliation” is a semantic loan from English dove. See: Old Norse Nouns 'dúfa', Danish Nouns 'due', Swedish Nouns 'duva', Icelandic Nouns 'dúfa', Dutch Nouns 'duif', German Nouns 'Taube', English Nouns 'dove'.

Verbs referencing "due"

English Nouns dove, German Nouns Taube, Icelandic Nouns dúfa.

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