nødtørft

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German nōttorft, from Old Saxon nōdthurft, from nōd (“need”) +‎ thurft (“need”), from Proto-Germanic *naudiz and *þurftiz. Compare German Notdurft, Dutch nooddruft, and (from Low German) Swedish nödtorft.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnøðˌtˢɶɐ̯fd̥]

Noun

nødtørft c (singular definite nødtørften, not used in plural form)

  1. (archaic) natural necessity
    in modern language almost only in the euphemism at forrette sin nødtørft, "to relieve oneself".

Derived terms
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