hugge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowə- (“to beat, hew, forge”).

Verb

hugge (imperative hug, infinitive at hugge, present tense hugger, past tense huggede, perfect tense har hugget)

  1. To cut, to hack, to slash
  2. To pinch, to steal, snatch

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