nødtørft

See also: nödtorft

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German nōttorft, from Old Saxon nōdthurft, from nōd (“need”) +‎ thurft (“need”). 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)

1. (archaic) natural necessity

   in modern language almost only in the euphemism at forrette sin nødtørft, "to relieve oneself, to urinate".

Derived terms

• nødtørftig