tyggegummi

Danish

Etymology

tygge (“chew”) +‎ gummi (“gum, rubber”), a calque of English chewing gum. Compare German Kaugummi and Swedish tuggummi

Noun

tyggegummi n (singular definite tyggegummiet, plural indefinite tyggegummier)

1. (chiefly uncountable) chewing gum

Declension

Declension of tyggegummi

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tyggegummi	tyggegummiet	tyggegummier	tyggegummierne
genitive	tyggegummis	tyggegummiets	tyggegummiers	tyggegummiernes

Descendants

• tyggigúmmí

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

tygge +‎ gummi, a calque of English chewing gum

Noun

tyggegummi m (definite singular tyggegummien, indefinite plural tyggegummier, definite plural tyggegummiene)

1. chewing gum

References

• “tyggegummi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tyggjegummi

Etymology

tygge +‎ gummi, a calque of English chewing gum

Noun

tyggegummi m (definite singular tyggegummien, indefinite plural tyggegummiar, definite plural tyggegummiane)

1. chewing gum

References

• “tyggegummi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.