duft

See also: Duft and Düfte

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈd̥ɔfd̥]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish duft (“powder”), Old Norse dupt n (“powder”), from Proto-Germanic *duftaz, cognate with Swedish doft (“powder”) and German Duft (“smell”), Middle High German tuft (“fog”). Semantically, the Danish word is influenced by the German word. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”), which is also found in Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”).

Noun

duft c (singular definite duften, plural indefinite dufte)

  1. a scent, fragrance
  2. a smell (nice, pleasant smell)
Declension
Declension of duft
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative duft duften dufte duftene
genitive dufts duftens duftes duftenes
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duft

  1. imperative of dufte

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dupt, from Proto-Germanic *duftaz. Cognate with Danish duft, Swedish doft, German Duft (“smell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʏft/
  • Rhymes: -ʏft

Noun

duft n (genitive singular dufts, no plural)

  1. powder

Declension
declension of duft
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative duft duftið
accusative duft duftið
dative dufti duftinu
genitive dufts duftsins

Derived terms
  • áfaduft (“buttermilk powder”)
  • áfir í duftformi (“powdered buttermilk”)
  • álduft (“powder of aluminium”)
  • blýduft (“lead powder”)
  • búa til duft úr (“to pulverize”)
  • búðingsduft (“custard powder”)
  • bökunarduft (“baking powder”)
  • duft í slökkvitæki (“fire-extinguisher powder”)
  • duftblanda (“wire flux combination”)
  • duftform (“powder form”)
  • duftker (“an urn, a funerary urn”)
  • duftslökkvibúnaður (“dry powder extinguishing system”)
  • eldfimt húðunarduft (“flammable coating powder”)
  • fægiduft (“buffing dust”)
  • hnerriduft (“sneezing powder”)
  • hrúðrað duft (“efflorescent powder”)
  • jurtateduft (“herbal infusion”)
  • kakóduft (“cocoa powder”)
  • kalkduft (“powdered lime”)
  • karríduft (“curry powder”)
  • koparduft (“powder of copper”)
  • kristallað duft (“crystalline powder”)
  • lausnarduft (“wettable powder”)
  • léttmjólkurduft (“partly skimmed milk powder”)
  • malaður í duft (“pulverised”)
  • mjólk í duftformi (“powdered milk”)
  • mjólkurduft (“milk powder”)
  • mysuduft (“powdered milk serum”)
  • mysuduft (“whey powder”)
  • nikkelduft (“nickel powder”)
  • nýmjólkurduft (“whole-milk powder”)
  • ostaduft (“powdered cheese”)
  • óþykkt duft (“unconcentrated powder”)
  • paprikuduft (“paprika”)
  • prentduft (“toner”)
  • rjómaduft (“cream powder, cream-milk powder”)
  • ræstiduft (“scouring powder”)
  • sellulósaduft (“powdered cellulose”)
  • silfurduft (“silver powder”)
  • sinkduft (“zinc powder”)
  • skordýraeitur í duftformi (“powder insecticide”)
  • skyndiduft (“instant powder”)
  • slípiduft (“abrasive powder”)
  • steinduft (“stone meal”)
  • súkkulaðiduft (“powdered chocolate”)
  • tinduft (“tin powder”)
  • úðaduft (“dustable powder”)
  • það að búa til duft úr (“pulverization”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

duft m (definite singular duften, indefinite plural dufter, definite plural duftene)

  1. a scent
  2. a smell (nice, pleasant smell)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

duft f (definite singular dufta, indefinite plural dufter, definite plural duftene)

  1. a scent
  2. a smell (nice, pleasant smell)

References
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