forbud

See also: förbud

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒːˌb̥uð]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse forboð, from Proto-Germanic *furibudą, cognate with Swedish förbud, German Verbot. Verbalnoun of the verb *furibeudaną, see forbyde.

Noun

forbud (singular definite forbuddet or forbudet, plural indefinite forbud)

1. ban
2. prohibition

Declension

Declension of forbud

gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	forbud	forbuddet forbudet	forbud	forbuddene forbudene
genitive	forbuds	forbuddets forbudets	forbuds	forbuddenes forbudenes

Etymology 2

From for- (“before”) +‎ bud (“messenger”). Calque of German Vorbote. Compare also Swedish förebud, Swedish förbud.

Noun

forbud n (singular definite forbuddet, plural indefinite forbud)

1. (obsolete) harbinger (a person announcing something in advance)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb forby.

Noun

forbud n (definite singular forbudet, indefinite plural forbud, definite plural forbuda or forbudene)

1. a ban
2. prohibition

Derived terms

• alkoholforbud
• flyforbudssone
• røykeforbud

See also

• forbod (Nynorsk)

References

• “forbud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.