Definitions

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  • noun Unpaid voluntary, orchestrated community work.

Etymologies

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From Norwegian dugnad, from Old Norse dugnaðr ("help")

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Examples

  • I have spent the evening doing "dugnad", the Norwegian version of communal work.

    Rigging. magnio 2009

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