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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"þrúga",
"þrúga#Old_Norse"
],
[
"*þrūgōną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrūgōną"
],
[
"truga",
"truga#Swedish"
],
[
"trykke",
"trykke#Danish"
],
[
"drücken",
"drücken#German"
],
[
"*þrukkijaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrukkijaną"
],
[
"drohen",
"drohen#German"
],
[
"*þraujaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þraujaną"
],
[
"threaten",
"threaten#English"
],
[
"*þrautōną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrautōną"
]
],
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"1": "da",
"2": "non",
"3": "þrúga"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þrūgōną"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "truga"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "trykke"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "drücken",
"3": "",
"4": "to press"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "drohen",
"3": "",
"4": "threaten"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "threaten"
},
"expansion": "English threaten",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse þrúga, Proto-Germanic *þrūgōną, cognate with Swedish truga. The verb is related to Danish trykke and German drücken (“to press”) (= *þrukkijaną), but apparently not to German drohen (“threaten”) (= *þraujaną) or English threaten (= *þrautōną).",
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{
"form": "truede",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "truet",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "inflection-box-top",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "true",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "trues",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "truer",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "truede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "truedes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "tru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "inflection-box-top",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "truende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "(have /havde /er /var) truet",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "truen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund",
"participle"
]
}
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"6": "truet"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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],
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"word": "faretruende"
},
{
"word": "ikketruende"
},
{
"word": "livstruende"
},
{
"word": "livstruet"
},
{
"word": "lukningstruet"
},
{
"word": "selvmordstruet"
},
{
"word": "trussel"
},
{
"word": "udryddelsestruet"
},
{
"word": "udvisningstruet"
},
{
"word": "velfærdstruende"
},
{
"word": "velfærdstruet"
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"to threaten"
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[
"threaten",
"threaten"
]
],
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"word": "intimidere"
},
{
"word": "risikere"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/truːə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtˢʁ̥uːu]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtˢʁ̥oːo]"
}
],
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}
{
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"word": "faretruende"
},
{
"word": "ikketruende"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "livstruet"
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{
"word": "lukningstruet"
},
{
"word": "selvmordstruet"
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{
"word": "trussel"
},
{
"word": "udryddelsestruet"
},
{
"word": "udvisningstruet"
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{
"word": "velfærdstruende"
},
{
"word": "velfærdstruet"
}
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[
"þrúga",
"þrúga#Old_Norse"
],
[
"*þrūgōną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrūgōną"
],
[
"truga",
"truga#Swedish"
],
[
"trykke",
"trykke#Danish"
],
[
"drücken",
"drücken#German"
],
[
"*þrukkijaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrukkijaną"
],
[
"drohen",
"drohen#German"
],
[
"*þraujaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þraujaną"
],
[
"threaten",
"threaten#English"
],
[
"*þrautōną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrautōną"
]
],
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{
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"1": "da",
"2": "non",
"3": "þrúga"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þrūgōną"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "truga"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "trykke"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "drücken",
"3": "",
"4": "to press"
},
"expansion": "German drücken (“to press”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "drohen",
"3": "",
"4": "threaten"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "threaten"
},
"expansion": "English threaten",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse þrúga, Proto-Germanic *þrūgōną, cognate with Swedish truga. The verb is related to Danish trykke and German drücken (“to press”) (= *þrukkijaną), but apparently not to German drohen (“threaten”) (= *þraujaną) or English threaten (= *þrautōną).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "truede",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "truet",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "inflection-box-top",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "true",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "trues",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "truer",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
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"active",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "truedes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "tru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "inflection-box-top",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
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"Pages with entries"
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"threaten",
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]
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],
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"ipa": "/truːə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtˢʁ̥uːu]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtˢʁ̥oːo]"
}
],
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}
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}
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