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