mø

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mo"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mær (“maiden”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mø/, [møːˀ]
  • Rhymes: -øːˀ

Noun

mø c (singular definite møen, plural indefinite møer)

  1. maid, maiden
  2. virgin

Inflection
Declension of mø
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mø møen møer møerne
genitive møs møens møers møernes

Synonyms

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [møː]

Interjection

mø

  1. animal sound of the cow: moo

Usage notes

Norwegian

Interjection

mø

  1. moo (sound made by a cow or bull)

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation
  • (Hössjö, Burträsk) IPA(key): [mø̀ː]
    Rhymes: -ø̀ːð
    (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ø̀ː, -ø̀ːð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mœða.

Verb

mø (preterite mödd, past participle mödd)

  1. to strain, exercise, massage
  2. to exercise horses

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mœða.

Verb

mø f (definite singular møa)

  1. effort
    ha møa för føa
    to have the effort for your bread
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