tærskel

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish thræskyldæ, Old Norse þreskǫldr, þreskjǫldr, þrepskjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic *þreskwaþluz. Related to tærske (“to thrash, thresh”) in a dated sense "to stamp, stomp, stump". Cognate with Norwegian terskel, treskel, Swedish tröskel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛrskəl/, [ˈtˢæʁsɡ̊əl]

Noun

tærskel c (singular definite tærsklen or tærskelen, plural indefinite tærskler)

  1. threshold

Inflection

Declension of tærskel
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tærskel tærsklen
tærskelen 		tærskler tærsklerne
genitive tærskels tærsklens
tærskelens 		tærsklers tærsklernes

Derived terms

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