"dugnad" meaning in English

See dugnad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dugnads [plural]
Etymology: From Norwegian dugnad, from Old Norse dugnaðr (“help”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|no|dugnad}} Norwegian dugnad, {{der|en|non|dugnaðr||help}} Old Norse dugnaðr (“help”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dugnad (countable and uncountable, plural dugnads)
  1. Unpaid voluntary, orchestrated community work. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dugnad-en-noun-itDiFaZ8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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