ikke en døjt

Danish

Alternative forms

• ikke en dyt

Etymology

From Dutch duit (“copper coin”), possibly related to Old Norse þveit f (“clearing”), þveiti m (“coin”). The Dutch word has also been borrowed to English doit and German Deut, which are used in similar expressions.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeɡ̊ ŋ̩ ˈd̥ʌjˀd̥]

Phrase

ikke en døjt

1. (informal, often derogatory) not at all, not even a little bit
   • 2014, Martin Jensen, Og en i mente, Klim, →ISBN:

     Jeg fatter ikke en døjt.

     I don't understand a thing.

   • 2017, Ditte Cederstrand, En københavnsk familie, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Sa' du udvikling, hva'? Jeg skal faneme fortælle dig, hva' det er – tilbagegang. Ikke en døjt andet.

     Did'ya say development, huh? I'll fuckin' tell ya what it is - recession. Nothing else.

   • 2016, Peter Rønnov-Jessen, En simpel historie, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Han havde troet alt for meget på bilerne, han troede ikke en døjt på radiostationen, og han gled dybere og dybere ind i sine egne indre syner, ...

     He had believed all too much in the cars, he did not at all believe in the radio station, and he slipped deeper and deeper into his own inner visions, ...