nöd

See also: nod, NOD, nód, -nod, and -nöd

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

nid, nit, ni

Adverb

nöd

not

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian nodo, from Latin nodus. Compare French nœud.

Noun

nöd

knot

Swedish

De ser ut att leva i nöd

mycket svår nöd (hungersnöd)

Etymology

From Old Norse nauð, from Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᛉ (*naudiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -øːd

Noun

nöd c

distress
1. distress due to lack (of food, housing, or the like); need, want, (sometimes) poverty, famine, etc.
  hungersnöd
  famine ("hunger distress")
  
  Alla i byn håller på att svälta ihjäl. Det råder nöd.
  Everyone in the village is on their way to starving to death. There is distress.
  
  Godzilla har förstört alla hus i byn. Folk tvingas sova utomhus. Nöden är svår.
  Godzilla has destroyed every house in the village. People are forced to sleep outdoors. There is great distress.
  
  Vi måste lindra deras nöd
  We must alleviate their need/distress
  
  nöden i det fattiga landet
  the plight of the poor country
  
  De lever i svår nöd
  They live in great poverty/need/distress
  
  Unga lejon lider nöd och hungrar
  The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger (Psalms 34:10, "lida nöd" ("suffer distress") is a common collocation)
2. (figuratively) lack (of something, more generally)
  tidsnöd
  lack of time
3. distress more generally, emergency
  en nödsituation / ett nödläge
  an emergency
  
  sjönöd
  distress at sea, maritime emergency
  
  handla i nödvärn
  act in self-defense ("emergency defense")
  
  inte bruka mer/större våld än nöden kräver
  not use more violence than the distress requires (idiomatic, of self-defense and the like)
  
  och vi kommo med knapp nöd inemot Knidus. ... Det var med knapp nöd som vi kommo där förbi (archaic language)
  and scarce were come over against Cnidus, ... And, hardly passing it (Acts 27:7-8)
  
  han som tröstar oss i all vår nöd, så att vi genom den tröst vi själva undfå av Gud kunna trösta dem som äro stadda i allahanda nöd (archaic language)
  Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)

Declension

Declension of nöd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nöd	nöds
singular	definite	nöden	nödens
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Related terms

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