væsen in All languages combined

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Etymology: From Middle Low German wesen (“existence”), German Wesen (“essence, character”), originally an infinitive, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) (= Danish være). Etymology templates: {{bor|da|gml|wesen||existence}} Middle Low German wesen (“existence”), {{bor|da|de|Wesen||essence, character}} German Wesen (“essence, character”), {{der|da|gem-pro|*wesaną||to be}} Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”), {{cog|da|være}} Danish være Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|væsnet||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|væsner||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=n|g2=|head=}} væsen n (singular definite væsnet, plural indefinite væsner), {{da-noun|et|er|stem=væsn}} væsen n (singular definite væsnet, plural indefinite væsner) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|et|er|stem=væsn}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=væsnernes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=væsners|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=væsnets|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=væsens|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=væsnerne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=væsner|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=væsnet|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=væsen}} Forms: væsnet [definite, singular], væsner [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], væsen [indefinite, nominative, singular], væsnet [definite, nominative, singular], væsner [indefinite, nominative, plural], væsnerne [definite, nominative, plural], væsens [genitive, indefinite, singular], væsnets [definite, genitive, singular], væsners [genitive, indefinite, plural], væsnernes [definite, genitive, plural]

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        "4": "",
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      "name": "bor"
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      "name": "der"
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        "singular"
      ]
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          "text": "et sært væsen"
        }
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          "text": "Om stoffets væsen."
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    {
      "other": "[ˈvɛˀsən]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "væsen"
}

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    "Danish neuter nouns",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms borrowed from German",
    "Danish terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from German",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "singular"
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        "g": "n",
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        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "væsnerne",
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        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "væsner",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "an odd creature",
          "text": "et sært væsen"
        }
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          "creature"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "On the nature of matter.",
          "text": "Om stoffets væsen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nature"
      ],
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        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "[ˈvɛˀsən]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "creature",
      "word": "skabning"
    },
    {
      "sense": "nature",
      "word": "natur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "væsen"
}

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"væsen" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [Danish]

Inflected forms