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dåd in a sentence

• terroristernas bombdåd
  the terrorists' bombing (literally, "bomb deed, " hinging on "dåd" usually having a more negative ring in Swedish)
• Han hade huggit ner fem människor och sedan sprungit från platsen där dådet utförts
  He had stabbed five people and then run from the scene of the attack

Words built with dåd

• stordåd grand achievement, great exploit
• illdåd wicked deed

Questions

Similar words

gärning

Origin

From Old Swedish dāþ, from Old Norse dáð, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis, from *dʰeh₁- (“to place, set, put”).

Nearby common words

dåd is number 6,868 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 6,864härbärge hostel, implication
• 6,865kroppsdelar body-parts, bodypart
• 6,866uppröra shock
• 6,867lydde obeyed
• 6,869förman foreman, supervisor
• 6,870kapital grave, utter, all-encompassing; which does not contain a lot of success or correctness
• 6,871själsfrände soul mate
• 6,872research An act of searching in archives and other sources for background information related to someone or something specific (often for newspapers, radio, or TV).