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dygd in a sentence

• göra en dygd av nödvändigheten
  make a virtue of necessity
• försvara sin dygd
  guard one's virtue (virginity)

Words built with dygd

• dygdemönster paragon of virtue

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish dyghþ (“virtue”), from Old Norse dygð, cognate with Norwegian dygd, Danish dyd, from Proto-Germanic *dugiþō, a variant of *dugunþō in English douth, German Tugend, Dutch deugd.

Nearby common words

dygd is number 6,396 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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• 6,393kartong cardboard (box)
• 6,394snara snare, trap
• 6,395kläm a squeeze; a narrow passage or a difficult situation, energy, emphasis, force, skill; med kläm
• 6,397eko echo
• 6,398förlovning engagement
• 6,399läder leather
• 6,400strategisk strategic