nöd

See also: nod, NOD, nód, -nod, and -nöd

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Adverb

nöd

  1. not

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian nodo, from Latin nodus. Compare French nœud.

Noun

nöd

  1. knot

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nauð, from Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ (*naudiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -øːd

Noun

nöd c

  1. distress, want, need, famine
    Unga lejon lida nöd och hungra
    The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger (Psalms 34:10)
    och vi kommo med knapp nöd inemot Knidus. ... Det var med knapp nöd som vi kommo där förbi
    and scarce were come over against Cnidus, ... And, hardly passing it (Acts 27:7-8)
    han som tröstar oss i all vår nöd, så att vi genom den tröst vi själva undfå av Gud kunna trösta dem som äro stadda i allahanda nöd.
    Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)

Usage notes

Archaic Swedish in the examples.

Declension

Declension of nöd 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative nöd nöden
Genitive nöds nödens

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