tør

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tor"

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thur, thyr, thiur, from Old Norse þurr (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *þurzuz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tørr, turr, Swedish torr, German dürr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tœːˀr/, [ˈtˢɶˀɐ̯], [ˈtˢɶɐ̯ˀ]

Adjective

tør (neuter tørt, plural and definite singular attributive tørre)

1. dry
2. neat, straight (undiluted)

Inflection

Inflection of tør

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	tør	tørrere	tørrest2
indefinite neuter singular	tørt	tørrere	tørrest2
plural	tørre	tørrere	tørrest2
definite attributive1	tørre	tørrere	tørreste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

• fugtig
• våd

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tør/, [ˈtˢɶɐ̯]

Verb

tør

1. present tense of turde

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tøːˀr/, [ˈtˢøˀɐ̯], [ˈtˢøɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

tør

1. present tense of tø

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tørˀ/, [ˈtˢøɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

tør

1. imperative of tørre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• torer

Verb

tør

1. present of tora ("to dare")

   Synonym: tørst

Etymology 2

Verb

tør

1. present tense of tø

Etymology 3

Noun

tør f

1. indefinite plural of to