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dugnad

dugnad noun: unpaid voluntary, orchestrated community work.

Noun

dugnad (countable and uncountable, plural dugnads)

  1. Unpaid voluntary, orchestrated community work.

Forms of dugnad

pluraldugnads

Origin of dugnad

From Norwegian dugnad, from Old Norse dugnaðr (“help”).

Questions about dugnad

What does dugnad mean?
Dugnad means unpaid voluntary, orchestrated community work.
What part of speech is dugnad?
Dugnad is a noun.
What is the plural of dugnad?
The plural of dugnad is dugnads.

Words near dugnad in the dictionary

  1. Dugins
  2. dugite
  3. dugites
  4. Dugla
  5. duglas
  6. dugnad
  7. dugnads
  8. Dugo
  9. Dugo Selo
  10. dugong
  11. dugongid

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