en nöd

nöd in a sentence

• en människa i nöd
  a person in need (distress, trouble)
• 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)

Expressions

• det går ingen nöd på honom
  he has nothing to complain of
• med nöd och näppe
  barely
• med knapp nöd
  barely

Words built with nöd

• hungersnöd famine
• (i) sjönöd (in) distress at sea
• nödrop cry for help
• nödlandning emergency landing
• nödsignal distress signal
• nödår year of famine

Questions

Similar words

knipa

Origin

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

Nearby common words

nöd is number 3,873 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 3,869framföra present, give
• 3,870tortyr torture
• 3,871januari January
• 3,872gissning guess, presumption
• 3,874protestera protest
• 3,875olik different
• 3,876hosta cough
• 3,877studie study