abort

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abort c (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)

aborten (definite singular)
aborter (indefinite plural)
abort (indefinite nominative singular)
aborten (definite nominative singular)
aborter (indefinite nominative plural)
aborterne (definite nominative plural)
aborts (genitive indefinite singular)
abortens (definite genitive singular)
aborters (genitive indefinite plural)
aborternes (definite genitive plural)


inflation

inflation c (singular definite inflationen, plural indefinite inflationer)

inflationen (definite singular)
inflationer (indefinite plural)
inflation (indefinite nominative singular)
inflationen (definite nominative singular)
inflationer (indefinite nominative plural)
inflationerne (definite nominative plural)
inflations (genitive indefinite singular)
inflationens (definite genitive singular)
inflationers (genitive indefinite plural)
inflationernes (definite genitive plural)


bank

bank c (singular definite banken, plural indefinite banker)

banken (definite singular)
banker (indefinite plural)
bank (indefinite nominative singular)
banken (definite nominative singular)
banker (indefinite nominative plural)
bankerne (definite nominative plural)
banks (genitive indefinite singular)
bankens (definite genitive singular)
bankers (genitive indefinite plural)
bankernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Faroese: banki

→ Greenlandic: banki

→ Icelandic: banki

Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”).

bank (financial institution, branch office, controller of a game, a safe and guaranteed place of storage)


accent

accent c (singular definite accenten, plural indefinite accenter)

accenten (definite singular)
accenter (indefinite plural)
accent (indefinite nominative singular)
accenten (definite nominative singular)
accenter (indefinite nominative plural)
accenterne (definite nominative plural)
accents (genitive indefinite singular)
accentens (definite genitive singular)
accenters (genitive indefinite plural)
accenternes (definite genitive plural)

[ɑɡ̊ˈsɛnˀd̥]

From Latin accentus, a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “prosody, accent”).

cal

(linguistics) accent (stress or a pitch in articulation)


dollar

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dollar c (singular definite dollaren, plural indefinite dollar)

dollaren (definite singular)
dollar (indefinite plural)
dollar (indefinite nominative singular)
dollaren (definite nominative singular)
dollar (indefinite nominative plural)
dollars (indefinite nominative plural)
dollarene (definite nominative plural)
dollarsene (definite nominative plural)
dollars (genitive indefinite singular)
dollarens (definite genitive singular)
dollars (genitive indefinite plural)
dollars' (genitive indefinite plural)
dollarenes (definite genitive plural)
dollarsenes (definite genitive plural)

From English dollar, from German Taler, Thaler. Doublet of daler.


sol

sol n (singular definite sollet, plural indefinite soller)

sollet (definite singular)
soller (indefinite plural)
sol (indefinite nominative singular)
sollet (definite nominative singular)
soller (indefinite nominative plural)
sollerne (definite nominative plural)
sols (genitive indefinite singular)
sollets (definite genitive singular)
sollers (genitive indefinite plural)
sollernes (definite genitive plural)

From Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.


as

as n (singular definite asset, plural indefinite asser)

asset (definite singular)
asser (indefinite plural)
as (indefinite nominative singular)
asset (definite nominative singular)
asser (indefinite nominative plural)
asserne (definite nominative plural)
as' (genitive indefinite singular)
assets (definite genitive singular)
assers (genitive indefinite plural)
assernes (definite genitive plural)


mine

mine c (singular definite minen, plural indefinite miner)

minen (definite singular)
miner (indefinite plural)
mine (indefinite nominative singular)
minen (definite nominative singular)
miner (indefinite nominative plural)
minerne (definite nominative plural)
mines (genitive indefinite singular)
minens (definite genitive singular)
miners (genitive indefinite plural)
minernes (definite genitive plural)


minister

minister c (definite singular ministeren, indefinite plural ministre, definite plural ministrene)

ministeren (definite singular)
ministre (indefinite plural)
ministrene (definite plural)

→ Greenlandic: ministeri

(government) minister (a politician who heads a ministry)


toilet

toilet n (singular definite toilettet, plural indefinite toiletter)

toilettet (definite singular)
toiletter (indefinite plural)
toilet (indefinite nominative singular)
toilettet (definite nominative singular)
toiletter (indefinite nominative plural)
toiletterne (definite nominative plural)
toilets (genitive indefinite singular)
toilettets (definite genitive singular)
toiletters (genitive indefinite plural)
toiletternes (definite genitive plural)

From Old French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”).

toilet (fixture used for urination and defecation)


graffiti

graffiti c (singular definite graffitien, plural indefinite graffiti)

graffitien (definite singular)
graffiti (indefinite plural)

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.


drive

drive c (singular definite driven, not used in plural form)

driven (definite singular)
drive (indefinite nominative singular)
driven (definite nominative singular)
drives (genitive indefinite singular)
drivens (definite genitive singular)

(psychology) drive (desire or interest, self-motivation)


felt

felt c (singular definite felten, not used in plural form)

From Middle Low German velt, from Old Saxon feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu.
Gender changed by influence from mark.

Han oplevede hele Tredveårskrigen i felten, fra først til sidst.

2017, Palle Lauring, Svenskekrige og enevoldsmagt, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

He experienced all of the thirty-years war in the field, from the beginning to the end.

Han var rykket i Felten som Kaptain og Kompagnifører, men var dog nu blevet forfremmet til Major, ...

1913, Anno 13 [i.e. tretten]: Tysklands rejsning mod Napoleon for 100 år siden:

He had deployed as a captain and a company-leader, but had now been promoted to major, ...

Efter anden verdenskrig skrev Theodor W. Adorno: »Bemærkede man da ikke ved krigsslutningen, at folk kom stumme tilbage fra felten?

1986, Johannes Møllehave, Vor tids tid: nutidige og utidige tids- og tankespring:

Han overvågede Sovjetunionens sammenbrud, ikke ude fra felten, men fra et komfortabelt kontor i Langley, ...

2012, Daniel Silva, Portræt af en spion: En Gabriel Allon-roman, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

He surveyed the collapse of the Soviet Union, not from the field, but from a comfortable office in Langley, ...

... Officerer og Mandskab, som vendte hjem fra Felten, ...

1918, Georg Friedrich Nicolai, Krigens Biologi:

I felten blev der ikke observeret nogen torske larver i prøverne, ...

In the field, no cod larvae were observed in the samples, ...

En af instituttets vigtigste opgaver i forbindelse med geologiske undersøgelser er dataindsamling i felten.

1993, Danmarks geologiske undersøgelse, Årsberetning for ... ; Arbejdsprogram ...:

One of the institute's most important tasks relating to the geological surveys is data collection in the field.

(e.g., sciences, military) field; an outlying area, as opposed to e.g. the lab, office or barracks


led

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

leddet (definite singular)
led (indefinite plural)
led (indefinite nominative singular)
leddet (definite nominative singular)
led (indefinite nominative plural)
leddene (definite nominative plural)
leds (genitive indefinite singular)
leddets (definite genitive singular)
leds (genitive indefinite plural)
leddenes (definite genitive plural)

Derived from Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz, cognate with German Glied (“joint”), Lied (“song”).

(grammar) phrase (a word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence)


rode

rode c (singular definite roden, plural indefinite roder)

roden (definite singular)
roder (indefinite plural)
rode (indefinite nominative singular)
roden (definite nominative singular)
roder (indefinite nominative plural)
roderne (definite nominative plural)
rodes (genitive indefinite singular)
rodens (definite genitive singular)
roders (genitive indefinite plural)
rodernes (definite genitive plural)


base

base c (singular definite basen, plural indefinite baser)

basen (definite singular)
baser (indefinite plural)
base (indefinite nominative singular)
basen (definite nominative singular)
baser (indefinite nominative plural)
baserne (definite nominative plural)
bases (genitive indefinite singular)
basens (definite genitive singular)
basers (genitive indefinite plural)
basernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Icelandic: basi m

From French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs). Doublet of basis and also related distantly to komme.


guitar

guitar c (singular definite guitaren, plural indefinite guitarer)

guitaren (definite singular)
guitarer (indefinite plural)
guitar (indefinite nominative singular)
guitaren (definite nominative singular)
guitarer (indefinite nominative plural)
guitarerne (definite nominative plural)
guitars (genitive indefinite singular)
guitarens (definite genitive singular)
guitarers (genitive indefinite plural)
guitarernes (definite genitive plural)


hospital

hospital n (singular definite hospitalet, plural indefinite hospitaler)

hospitalet (definite singular)
hospitaler (indefinite plural)
hospital (indefinite nominative singular)
hospitalet (definite nominative singular)
hospitaler (indefinite nominative plural)
hospitalerne (definite nominative plural)
hospitals (genitive indefinite singular)
hospitalets (definite genitive singular)
hospitalers (genitive indefinite plural)
hospitalernes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospital, guesthouse”), from the neuter form of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest, stranger”).


himmel

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himmel c (singular definite himlen or himmelen, plural indefinite himle)

himlen (definite singular)
himmelen (definite singular)
himle (indefinite plural)
himmel (indefinite nominative singular)
himlen (definite nominative singular)
himmelen (definite nominative singular)
himle (indefinite nominative plural)
himlene (definite nominative plural)
himmels (genitive indefinite singular)
himlens (definite genitive singular)
himmelens (definite genitive singular)
himles (genitive indefinite plural)
himlenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish himæn, himæl, from Old Norse himinn, from Proto-Germanic *himinaz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish himmel, English heaven, German Himmel. The modern Scandinavian form with -l is influenced by German.

(religion) heaven (a residence of supernatural, celestial beings)


baron

baron c (singular definite baronen, plural indefinite baroner)

baronen (definite singular)
baroner (indefinite plural)
baron (indefinite nominative singular)
baronen (definite nominative singular)
baroner (indefinite nominative plural)
baronerne (definite nominative plural)
barons (genitive indefinite singular)
baronens (definite genitive singular)
baroners (genitive indefinite plural)
baronernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse barún, from Old French baron.

baron (a nobleman, in Denmark since 1849 without privileges)


mare

mare c (singular definite maren, plural indefinite marer)

maren (definite singular)
marer (indefinite plural)
mare (indefinite nominative singular)
maren (definite nominative singular)
marer (indefinite nominative plural)
marerne (definite nominative plural)
mares (genitive indefinite singular)
marens (definite genitive singular)
marers (genitive indefinite plural)
marernes (definite genitive plural)


manga

manga (indefinite nominative singular)
mangaen (definite nominative singular)
mangaer (indefinite nominative plural)
mangaerne (definite nominative plural)
mangas (genitive indefinite singular)
mangaens (definite genitive singular)
mangaers (genitive indefinite plural)
mangaernes (definite genitive plural)

De har vist læst alt for mange mangaer.

I believe they have read far too many mangas.

(countable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


franc

franc c (singular definite francen, plural indefinite franc)

francen (definite singular)
franc (indefinite plural)
franc (indefinite nominative singular)
francen (definite nominative singular)
franc (indefinite nominative plural)
francs (indefinite nominative plural)
francene (definite nominative plural)
francs (genitive indefinite singular)
francens (definite genitive singular)
francs (genitive indefinite plural)
francs' (genitive indefinite plural)
francenes (definite genitive plural)


a cappella

at synge a cappella

at fremføre a cappella

Succesen med de store oratorier kom dog aldrig til at overstråle korets interesse for at synge a cappella.

However, the success of the great oratorios never outshone the choir's interest in singing a cappella.

(music) a cappella (in the manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)


jeg

jeg n (singular definite jeget, plural indefinite jeger)

jeget (definite singular)
jeger (indefinite plural)
jeg (indefinite nominative singular)
jeget (definite nominative singular)
jeger (indefinite nominative plural)
jegerne (definite nominative plural)
jegs (genitive indefinite singular)
jegets (definite genitive singular)
jegers (genitive indefinite plural)
jegernes (definite genitive plural)

From the pronoun. Calque of German Ich (“ego”).


handsel

(obsolete, finance) down payment, security


bullet

bullet (plural indefinite bullets, no definite forms)

Borrowed from English bullet, from Middle French [Term?].

(typography) bullet (a printed symbol, e.g. •, used for marking items in a list)


Paris

(mythology) Paris (prince of Troy, abductor of Helen)


genus

genus n (plural indefinite genus or genera)

genus (indefinite plural)
genera (indefinite plural)


numerale

numerale c (singular definite numeralen, plural indefinite numeraler)

numeralen (definite singular)
numeraler (indefinite plural)
numerale (indefinite nominative singular)
numeralen (definite nominative singular)
numeraler (indefinite nominative plural)
numeralerne (definite nominative plural)
numerales (genitive indefinite singular)
numeralens (definite genitive singular)
numeralers (genitive indefinite plural)
numeralernes (definite genitive plural)


MF

MF c (singular definite MF'en, plural indefinite MF'er)

MF'en (definite singular)
MF'er (indefinite plural)
MF (indefinite nominative singular)
MF'en (definite nominative singular)
MF'er (indefinite nominative plural)
MF'erne (definite nominative plural)
MF's (genitive indefinite singular)
MF'ens (definite genitive singular)
MF'ers (genitive indefinite plural)
MF'ernes (definite genitive plural)

Initialism of medlem af Folketinget (“member of the Danish Folketing”).

initialism

(politics) Member of the Danish Folketing


alter

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alter n (singular definite altret or alteret, plural indefinite altre)

altret (definite singular)
alteret (definite singular)
altre (indefinite plural)
alter (indefinite nominative singular)
altret (definite nominative singular)
alteret (definite nominative singular)
altre (indefinite nominative plural)
altrene (definite nominative plural)
alters (genitive indefinite singular)
altrets (definite genitive singular)
alterets (definite genitive singular)
altres (genitive indefinite plural)
altrenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Late Latin altare (“altar”). Cognate with English altar and German Altar.

(religion) altar, a table or a platform for making sacrifices.

(Christianity) altar, the ritual space of a Christian church.


halal

halal (neuter halal, plural and definite singular attributive halal)

halal (neuter)
halal (attributive definite singular)
halal (attributive plural)

(chiefly predicative, Islam) halal (allowed, especially with regard to food)


Daniel

[ˈd̥æːˀnjəl]


jambe

jambe c (singular definite jamben, plural indefinite jamber)

jamben (definite singular)
jamber (indefinite plural)
jambe (indefinite nominative singular)
jamben (definite nominative singular)
jamber (indefinite nominative plural)
jamberne (definite nominative plural)
jambes (genitive indefinite singular)
jambens (definite genitive singular)
jambers (genitive indefinite plural)
jambernes (definite genitive plural)


protagonist

protagonist c (singular definite protagonisten, plural indefinite protagonister)

protagonisten (definite singular)
protagonister (indefinite plural)
protagonist (indefinite nominative singular)
protagonisten (definite nominative singular)
protagonister (indefinite nominative plural)
protagonisterne (definite nominative plural)
protagonists (genitive indefinite singular)
protagonistens (definite genitive singular)
protagonisters (genitive indefinite plural)
protagonisternes (definite genitive plural)


violinist

violinist c (singular definite violinisten, plural indefinite violinister)

violinisten (definite singular)
violinister (indefinite plural)
violinist (indefinite nominative singular)
violinisten (definite nominative singular)
violinister (indefinite nominative plural)
violinisterne (definite nominative plural)
violinists (genitive indefinite singular)
violinistens (definite genitive singular)
violinisters (genitive indefinite plural)
violinisternes (definite genitive plural)


forte

From Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).


fatwa

fatwa (indefinite nominative singular)
fatwaen (definite nominative singular)
fatwaer (indefinite nominative plural)
fatwaerne (definite nominative plural)
fatwas (genitive indefinite singular)
fatwaens (definite genitive singular)
fatwaers (genitive indefinite plural)
fatwaernes (definite genitive plural)

From Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”).

bor

(Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)


Zeus

(Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)


dans

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dans c (singular definite dansen, plural indefinite danse)

dansen (definite singular)
danse (indefinite plural)
dans (indefinite nominative singular)
dansen (definite nominative singular)
danse (indefinite nominative plural)
dansene (definite nominative plural)
dans' (genitive indefinite singular)
dansens (definite genitive singular)
danses (genitive indefinite plural)
dansenes (definite genitive plural)


antagonist

antagonist c (singular definite antagonisten, plural indefinite antagonister)

antagonisten (definite singular)
antagonister (indefinite plural)
antagonist (indefinite nominative singular)
antagonisten (definite nominative singular)
antagonister (indefinite nominative plural)
antagonisterne (definite nominative plural)
antagonists (genitive indefinite singular)
antagonistens (definite genitive singular)
antagonisters (genitive indefinite plural)
antagonisternes (definite genitive plural)


avis

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

avisen (definite singular)
aviser (indefinite plural)
avis (indefinite nominative singular)
avisen (definite nominative singular)
aviser (indefinite nominative plural)
aviserne (definite nominative plural)
avis' (genitive indefinite singular)
avisens (definite genitive singular)
avisers (genitive indefinite plural)
avisernes (definite genitive plural)


verbum

verbum n (singular definite verbet, plural indefinite verber)

verbet (definite singular)
verber (indefinite plural)
verbum (indefinite nominative singular)
verbet (definite nominative singular)
verber (indefinite nominative plural)
verberne (definite nominative plural)
verbums (genitive indefinite singular)
verbets (definite genitive singular)
verbers (genitive indefinite plural)
verbernes (definite genitive plural)

From Latin verbum (“word”). In the grammatical sense, the Latin word was a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “word, verb”).

sl

(grammar) verb (a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)


harpe

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harpe c (singular definite harpen, plural indefinite harper)

harpen (definite singular)
harper (indefinite plural)
harpe (indefinite nominative singular)
harpen (definite nominative singular)
harper (indefinite nominative plural)
harperne (definite nominative plural)
harpes (genitive indefinite singular)
harpens (definite genitive singular)
harpers (genitive indefinite plural)
harpernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish harpæ, from Old Norse harpa (“harp”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare Norwegian Bokmål harpe, Swedish and Icelandic harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.


hymne

hymne c (singular definite hymnen, plural indefinite hymner)

hymnen (definite singular)
hymner (indefinite plural)
hymne (indefinite nominative singular)
hymnen (definite nominative singular)
hymner (indefinite nominative plural)
hymnerne (definite nominative plural)
hymnes (genitive indefinite singular)
hymnens (definite genitive singular)
hymners (genitive indefinite plural)
hymnernes (definite genitive plural)


dragon

dragon c (singular definite dragonen, plural indefinite dragoner)

dragonen (definite singular)
dragoner (indefinite plural)

a dragoon (soldier of the mounted infantry)


baluster

baluster c (singular definite balusteren, plural indefinite balustere)

balusteren (definite singular)
balustere (indefinite plural)
baluster (indefinite nominative singular)
balusteren (definite nominative singular)
balustere (indefinite nominative plural)
balusterne (definite nominative plural)
balusters (genitive indefinite singular)
balusterens (definite genitive singular)
balusteres (genitive indefinite plural)
balusternes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from French balustre, from Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion).


ren

ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rene or rener)

renen (definite singular)
rene (indefinite plural)
rener (indefinite plural)
ren (indefinite nominative singular)
renen (definite nominative singular)
rene (indefinite nominative plural)
rener (indefinite nominative plural)
renene (definite nominative plural)
renerne (definite nominative plural)
rens (genitive indefinite singular)
renens (definite genitive singular)
renes (genitive indefinite plural)
reners (genitive indefinite plural)
renenes (definite genitive plural)
renernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse rein f, from Proto-Germanic *rainō, cognate with Norwegian rein, Swedish ren, German Rain (English rean is from Old Norse).

(rare, real estate, agriculture) a strip of unplowed land serving as a boundary between estates


zloty

zloty c (singular definite zlotyen, plural indefinite zloty)

zlotyen (definite singular)
zloty (indefinite plural)
zloty (indefinite nominative singular)
zlotyen (definite nominative singular)
zloty (indefinite nominative plural)
zlotyene (definite nominative plural)
zlotys (genitive indefinite singular)
zlotyens (definite genitive singular)
zlotys (genitive indefinite plural)
zlotyenes (definite genitive plural)


hus

hus n (singular definite huset, plural indefinite huse)

huset (definite singular)
huse (indefinite plural)
hus (indefinite nominative singular)
huset (definite nominative singular)
huse (indefinite nominative plural)
husene (definite nominative plural)
hus' (genitive indefinite singular)
husets (definite genitive singular)
huses (genitive indefinite plural)
husenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish hus, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”). Doublet of house.


instrument

instrument n (singular definite instrumentet, plural indefinite instrumenter)

instrumentet (definite singular)
instrumenter (indefinite plural)
instrument (indefinite nominative singular)
instrumentet (definite nominative singular)
instrumenter (indefinite nominative plural)
instrumenterne (definite nominative plural)
instruments (genitive indefinite singular)
instrumentets (definite genitive singular)
instrumenters (genitive indefinite plural)
instrumenternes (definite genitive plural)


advent

advent c (singular definite adventen, plural indefinite adventer)

adventen (definite singular)
adventer (indefinite plural)
advent (indefinite nominative singular)
adventen (definite nominative singular)
adventer (indefinite nominative plural)
adventerne (definite nominative plural)
advents (genitive indefinite singular)
adventens (definite genitive singular)
adventers (genitive indefinite plural)
adventernes (definite genitive plural)

[ˈaðˌvɛnˀd̥]

Advent (the period from Advent Sunday to Christmas)


farao

farao c (singular definite faraoen, plural indefinite faraoer or faraoner)

faraoen (definite singular)
faraoer (indefinite plural)
faraoner (indefinite plural)
farao (indefinite nominative singular)
faraoen (definite nominative singular)
faraoer (indefinite nominative plural)
faraoner (indefinite nominative plural)
faraoerne (definite nominative plural)
faraonerne (definite nominative plural)
faraos (genitive indefinite singular)
faraoens (definite genitive singular)
faraoers (genitive indefinite plural)
faraoners (genitive indefinite plural)
faraoernes (definite genitive plural)
faraonernes (definite genitive plural)

From Late Latin pharaō, from Ancient Greek φαραώ (pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“palace, pharaoh”), literally pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”).


urinal

urinal n (singular definite urinalet, plural indefinite urinaler)

urinalet (definite singular)
urinaler (indefinite plural)
urinal (indefinite nominative singular)
urinalet (definite nominative singular)
urinaler (indefinite nominative plural)
urinalerne (definite nominative plural)
urinals (genitive indefinite singular)
urinalets (definite genitive singular)
urinalers (genitive indefinite plural)
urinalernes (definite genitive plural)

[uɐ̯iˈnæːˀl]

From Late Latin ūrīnāle, neuter of ūrīnālis (“pertaining to urine”).


hotel

hotel n (singular definite hotellet, plural indefinite hoteller)

hotellet (definite singular)
hoteller (indefinite plural)


ADHD

ADHD (indefinite nominative singular)
ADHD'en (definite nominative singular)
ADHD's (genitive indefinite singular)
ADHD'ens (definite genitive singular)

[ˈɛˀˈte̝ˀˈhɔˀˈte̝ˀ]

[ˌɛte̝hɔˈte̝ˀ]

(psychology) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder


Thomas

→ Greenlandic: Tuumarsi


bue

bue c (singular definite buen, plural indefinite buer)

buen (definite singular)
buer (indefinite plural)
bue (indefinite nominative singular)
buen (definite nominative singular)
buer (indefinite nominative plural)
buerne (definite nominative plural)
bues (genitive indefinite singular)
buens (definite genitive singular)
buers (genitive indefinite plural)
buernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô, cognate with Swedish båge, English bow, German Bogen.


filial

filial c (singular definite filialen, plural indefinite filialer)

filialen (definite singular)
filialer (indefinite plural)
filial (indefinite nominative singular)
filialen (definite nominative singular)
filialer (indefinite nominative plural)
filialerne (definite nominative plural)
filials (genitive indefinite singular)
filialens (definite genitive singular)
filialers (genitive indefinite plural)
filialernes (definite genitive plural)


regere

regere (imperative reger, infinitive at regere, present tense regerer, past tense regerede, perfect tense har regeret)

reger (imperative)
at regere (infinitive)
regerer (present)
regerede (past)
har regeret (perfect)


sabel

sabel c (singular definite sablen or sabelen, plural indefinite sabler)

sablen (definite singular)
sabelen (definite singular)
sabler (indefinite plural)
sabel (indefinite nominative singular)
sablen (definite nominative singular)
sabelen (definite nominative singular)
sabler (indefinite nominative plural)
sablerne (definite nominative plural)
sabels (genitive indefinite singular)
sablens (definite genitive singular)
sabelens (definite genitive singular)
sablers (genitive indefinite plural)
sablernes (definite genitive plural)

From German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya (“sabre”).


ordbog

ordbog c (singular definite ordbogen, plural indefinite ordbøger)

ordbogen (definite singular)
ordbøger (indefinite plural)
ordbog (indefinite nominative singular)
ordbogen (definite nominative singular)
ordbøger (indefinite nominative plural)
ordbøgerne (definite nominative plural)
ordbogs (genitive indefinite singular)
ordbogens (definite genitive singular)
ordbøgers (genitive indefinite plural)
ordbøgernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Greenlandic: ordbogi

From ord (“word”) + bog (“book”). Compare Swedish ordbok, English wordbook, German Wörterbuch.

dictionary, lexicon (a reference work with a compilation of words from a language or type of language with explanations or translations)


gruppe

gruppe c (singular definite gruppen, plural indefinite grupper)

gruppen (definite singular)
grupper (indefinite plural)
gruppe (indefinite nominative singular)
gruppen (definite nominative singular)
grupper (indefinite nominative plural)
grupperne (definite nominative plural)
gruppes (genitive indefinite singular)
gruppens (definite genitive singular)
gruppers (genitive indefinite plural)
gruppernes (definite genitive plural)

(politics) A side of a debate or discussion.


Peter

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.


kondom

kondom n (singular definite kondomet, plural indefinite kondomer)

kondomet (definite singular)
kondomer (indefinite plural)
kondom (indefinite nominative singular)
kondomet (definite nominative singular)
kondomer (indefinite nominative plural)
kondomerne (definite nominative plural)
kondoms (genitive indefinite singular)
kondomets (definite genitive singular)
kondomers (genitive indefinite plural)
kondomernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Greenlandic: kondomi


Adam

From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).


Andreas

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew


politik

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politik c (definite singular politikken)

Via German Politik from Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ, “relating to the state; politics”), derived from the noun πόλις (pólis, “city, state”).


grave

From Italian grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave”).


moster

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moster c (singular definite mosteren, plural indefinite mostre)

mosteren (definite singular)
mostre (indefinite plural)
moster (indefinite nominative singular)
mosteren (definite nominative singular)
mostre (indefinite nominative plural)
mostrene (definite nominative plural)
mosters (genitive indefinite singular)
mosterens (definite genitive singular)
mostres (genitive indefinite plural)
mostrenes (definite genitive plural)

Equivalent to mor (“mother”) + søster (“sister”), from Old Norse móðursystir.

maternal aunt (the sister of one's mother)


farbror

farbror (indefinite nominative singular)
farbroren (definite nominative singular)
farbrødre (indefinite nominative plural)
farbrødrene (definite nominative plural)
farbrors (genitive indefinite singular)
farbrorens (definite genitive singular)
farbrødres (genitive indefinite plural)
farbrødrenes (definite genitive plural)

Old Norse fǫðurbróðir, equivalent to far + bror.


morbror

morbror (indefinite nominative singular)
morbroren (definite nominative singular)
morbrødre (indefinite nominative plural)
morbrødrene (definite nominative plural)
morbrors (genitive indefinite singular)
morbrorens (definite genitive singular)
morbrødres (genitive indefinite plural)
morbrødrenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse móðurbróðir, equivalent to mor (“mother”) + bror (“brother”).


palatal

palatal (positive)
palatalt (positive)
palatale (plural positive)
palatale (positive)


uvular

uvular (indefinite nominative singular)
uvularen (definite nominative singular)
uvularer (indefinite nominative plural)
uvularerne (definite nominative plural)
uvulars (genitive indefinite singular)
uvularens (definite genitive singular)
uvularers (genitive indefinite plural)
uvularernes (definite genitive plural)


slot

slot n (singular definite slottet, plural indefinite slotte)

slottet (definite singular)
slotte (indefinite plural)
slot (indefinite nominative singular)
slottet (definite nominative singular)
slotte (indefinite nominative plural)
slottene (definite nominative plural)
slots (genitive indefinite singular)
slottets (definite genitive singular)
slottes (genitive indefinite plural)
slottenes (definite genitive plural)

From Middle Low German slot (“bolt, lock, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *slutą, related to the verb *sleutaną (“to lock”); cognate with Dutch slot (“lock, castle”) and German Schloss (“lock, castle”), and comparable to Swedish slott (“castle, palace; manor, château”).


tight

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tight (plural and definite singular attributive tighte)

tighte (attributive definite singular)
tighte (attributive plural)

(music) tight (keeping time and with musical understanding)


statue

statue c (singular definite statuen, plural indefinite statuer)

statuen (definite singular)
statuer (indefinite plural)
statue (indefinite nominative singular)
statuen (definite nominative singular)
statuer (indefinite nominative plural)
statuerne (definite nominative plural)
statues (genitive indefinite singular)
statuens (definite genitive singular)
statuers (genitive indefinite plural)
statuernes (definite genitive plural)


funk

funk c (singular definite funken, not used in plural form)

funken (definite singular)
funk (indefinite nominative singular)
funken (definite nominative singular)
funks (genitive indefinite singular)
funkens (definite genitive singular)


musket

musket c (singular definite musketten, plural indefinite musketter)

musketten (definite singular)
musketter (indefinite plural)
musket (indefinite nominative singular)
musketten (definite nominative singular)
musketter (indefinite nominative plural)
musketterne (definite nominative plural)
muskets (genitive indefinite singular)
muskettens (definite genitive singular)
musketters (genitive indefinite plural)
musketternes (definite genitive plural)


ark

ark c (singular definite arken, plural indefinite arker)

arken (definite singular)
arker (indefinite plural)
ark (indefinite nominative singular)
arken (definite nominative singular)
arker (indefinite nominative plural)
arkerne (definite nominative plural)
arks (genitive indefinite singular)
arkens (definite genitive singular)
arkers (genitive indefinite plural)
arkernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish ark, Old Norse ǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *arkō, borrowed from Latin arca (“chest, coffin; ark”).

(biblical) ark (Noah's Ark or the Ark of the Convenant)


lag

lag n (singular definite laget, plural indefinite lag)

laget (definite singular)
lag (indefinite plural)
lag (indefinite nominative singular)
laget (definite nominative singular)
lag (indefinite nominative plural)
lagene (definite nominative plural)
lags (genitive indefinite singular)
lagets (definite genitive singular)
lags (genitive indefinite plural)
lagenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse lag, from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Doublet of lav (“guild”) and lov (“law”).

doublet

(sociology) class, stratum (class of society with similar status)


panel

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panel n (singular definite panelet, plural indefinite paneler)

panelet (definite singular)
paneler (indefinite plural)

From Middle Low German panele (“wall covering”), from Latin panullus, diminutive of pannus.

der

panel (most senses, e.g. a wall panel, a panel of experts)


blitz

blitz (indefinite nominative singular)
blitzen (definite nominative singular)
blitz' (genitive indefinite singular)
blitzens (definite genitive singular)


Aphrodite

From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


imam

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imam c (singular definite imamen, plural indefinite imamer)

imamen (definite singular)
imamer (indefinite plural)
imam (indefinite nominative singular)
imamen (definite nominative singular)
imamer (indefinite nominative plural)
imamerne (definite nominative plural)
imams (genitive indefinite singular)
imamens (definite genitive singular)
imamers (genitive indefinite plural)
imamernes (definite genitive plural)


atonal

atonal (positive)
atonalt (positive)
atonale (plural positive)
atonale (positive)


dyne

dyne c (singular definite dynen, plural indefinite dyner)

dynen (definite singular)
dyner (indefinite plural)
dyne (indefinite nominative singular)
dynen (definite nominative singular)
dyner (indefinite nominative plural)
dynerne (definite nominative plural)
dynes (genitive indefinite singular)
dynens (definite genitive singular)
dyners (genitive indefinite plural)
dynernes (definite genitive plural)

English: doona

From Old Norse dýna, related to dúnn (“down”) (whence dun).


motet

motet c (singular definite motetten, plural indefinite motetter)

motetten (definite singular)
motetter (indefinite plural)
motet (indefinite nominative singular)
motetten (definite nominative singular)
motetter (indefinite nominative plural)
motetterne (definite nominative plural)
motets (genitive indefinite singular)
motettens (definite genitive singular)
motetters (genitive indefinite plural)
motetternes (definite genitive plural)


oboist

oboist c (singular definite oboisten, plural indefinite oboister)

oboisten (definite singular)
oboister (indefinite plural)
oboist (indefinite nominative singular)
oboisten (definite nominative singular)
oboister (indefinite nominative plural)
oboisterne (definite nominative plural)
oboists (genitive indefinite singular)
oboistens (definite genitive singular)
oboisters (genitive indefinite plural)
oboisternes (definite genitive plural)


ret

ret (plural and definite singular attributive rette)

rette (attributive definite singular)
rette (attributive plural)

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, cognate with Swedish rätt, rät, English right, German recht, gerecht. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós, hence Latin rēctus (“straight”), Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, “stretched out”).

cog

Strik skiftevis tre masker ret og to vrang.

Alternately, knit three stitches and purl two. (lit.: "knit three stitches knitwise and two purlwise")

(knitting, also used adverbially) plain, knitwise


derivation

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derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

derivationen (definite singular)
derivationer (indefinite plural)
derivation (indefinite nominative singular)
derivationen (definite nominative singular)
derivationer (indefinite nominative plural)
derivationerne (definite nominative plural)
derivations (genitive indefinite singular)
derivationens (definite genitive singular)
derivationers (genitive indefinite plural)
derivationernes (definite genitive plural)


drab

drab n (singular definite drabet, plural indefinite drab)

drabet (definite singular)
drab (indefinite plural)
drab (indefinite nominative singular)
drabet (definite nominative singular)
drab (indefinite nominative plural)
drabene (definite nominative plural)
drabs (genitive indefinite singular)
drabets (definite genitive singular)
drabs (genitive indefinite plural)
drabenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse dráp (“killing”), from Old Norse drepa (“to hit; to kill”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-. Compare Icelandic dráp, Swedish dråp.


drift

drift c (singular definite driften, plural indefinite drifter)

driften (definite singular)
drifter (indefinite plural)

From Old Norse drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz, cognate with Swedish drift, English drift, German Trift, Dutch drift. Derived form the verb *drībaną (“to drive”).


node

node c (singular definite noden, plural indefinite noder)

noden (definite singular)
noder (indefinite plural)


reel

reel c (singular definite reelen, plural indefinite reeler)

reelen (definite singular)
reeler (indefinite plural)
reel (indefinite nominative singular)
reelen (definite nominative singular)
reeler (indefinite nominative plural)
reelerne (definite nominative plural)
reels (genitive indefinite singular)
reelens (definite genitive singular)
reelers (genitive indefinite plural)
reelernes (definite genitive plural)


scene

scene c (singular definite scenen, plural indefinite scener)

scenen (definite singular)
scener (indefinite plural)
scene (indefinite nominative singular)
scenen (definite nominative singular)
scener (indefinite nominative plural)
scenerne (definite nominative plural)
scenes (genitive indefinite singular)
scenens (definite genitive singular)
sceners (genitive indefinite plural)
scenernes (definite genitive plural)

Via Latin scaena from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).

der

stage (platform for performing in a theatre)


adjektiv

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adjektiv n (singular definite adjektivet, plural indefinite adjektiver)

adjektivet (definite singular)
adjektiver (indefinite plural)
adjektiv (indefinite nominative singular)
adjektivet (definite nominative singular)
adjektiver (indefinite nominative plural)
adjektiverne (definite nominative plural)
adjektivs (genitive indefinite singular)
adjektivets (definite genitive singular)
adjektivers (genitive indefinite plural)
adjektivernes (definite genitive plural)

[ˈaðjɛɡ̊ˌtˢiwˀ]

From Latin (nōmen) adiectīvum, from adiectīvus (“adjective”), from adiciō + -īvus (“to attach”). The Latin term is a loan translation of Greek (ὄνομα) ἐπίθετον ((ónoma) epítheton), from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “added”). The Danish term tillægsord is a calque of the Latin and Greek words.

(grammar) adjective (a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent)


pil

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

pilen (definite singular)
pile (indefinite plural)
pil (indefinite nominative singular)
pilen (definite nominative singular)
pile (indefinite nominative plural)
pilene (definite nominative plural)
pils (genitive indefinite singular)
pilens (definite genitive singular)
piles (genitive indefinite plural)
pilenes (definite genitive plural)


Mickey Mouse

1949, from English Mickey Mouse, notably being untranslated unlike this character in other Scandinavian languages.

(cartoon) Mickey Mouse (One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic mouse who usually wears red shorts and is known for circular ears.)


imperium

imperium n (singular definite imperiet, plural indefinite imperier)

imperiet (definite singular)
imperier (indefinite plural)


blues

blues c (singular definite bluesen, not used in plural form)

(music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)


Odin

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen.

(Norse mythology and paganism) Woden/Odin, A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon.


fantasy

Borrowed from English fantasy. Doublet of fantasi.


Athena

From Ancient Greek Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē), Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


lade

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense lod, past participle ladet or ladt)

lad (imperative)
lader (present)
lod (past)
ladet (participle past)
ladt (participle past)
lader (present)
lod (past)
har ladet (perfect present)
ladt (perfect present)
havde ladet (past perfect)
ladt (past perfect)
lades (passive present)
ladende (participle present)
ladet (participle past)
ladt (participle past)
lad (imperative present)
lade (infinitive present)
have (auxiliary present)
laden (gerund present)

From Old Danish latæ, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

in the expressions lade som om (“to pretend”) and lade til (“to seem”)


lade

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense ladede, past participle ladet)

lad (imperative)
lader (present)
ladede (past)
ladet (participle past)
lader (present)
ladede (past)
har ladet (perfect present)
havde ladet (past perfect)
lades (passive present)
ladedes (passive past)
ladende (participle present)
ladet (participle past)
lad (imperative present)
lade (infinitive present)
have (auxiliary present)
laden (gerund present)

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

in the expressions lade vandet (“to urinate”) and lade livet (“to die”) (etymologically, they belong to the former verb, but they have the pronunciation and morphology of this verb).


Gabriel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel


tango

tango c (singular definite tangoen, plural indefinite tangoer)

tangoen (definite singular)
tangoer (indefinite plural)
tango (indefinite nominative singular)
tangoen (definite nominative singular)
tangoer (indefinite nominative plural)
tangoerne (definite nominative plural)
tangos (genitive indefinite singular)
tangoens (definite genitive singular)
tangoers (genitive indefinite plural)
tangoernes (definite genitive plural)


pistol

pistol c (singular definite pistolen, plural indefinite pistoler)

pistolen (definite singular)
pistoler (indefinite plural)
pistol (indefinite nominative singular)
pistolen (definite nominative singular)
pistoler (indefinite nominative plural)
pistolerne (definite nominative plural)
pistols (genitive indefinite singular)
pistolens (definite genitive singular)
pistolers (genitive indefinite plural)
pistolernes (definite genitive plural)

From Middle French pistole or from German Pistole, either from Italian pistola or from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.


ellipse

ellipse c (singular definite ellipsen, plural indefinite ellipser)

ellipsen (definite singular)
ellipser (indefinite plural)
ellipse (indefinite nominative singular)
ellipsen (definite nominative singular)
ellipser (indefinite nominative plural)
ellipserne (definite nominative plural)
ellipses (genitive indefinite singular)
ellipsens (definite genitive singular)
ellipsers (genitive indefinite plural)
ellipsernes (definite genitive plural)

(grammar, rhetoric, typography) ellipsis


nominal

nominal (neuter nominalt, plural and definite singular attributive nominale)

nominalt (neuter)
nominale (attributive definite singular)
nominale (attributive plural)
nominal (positive)
nominalt (positive)
nominale (plural positive)
nominale (positive)

From Latin nominalis. See there for more.

Coordinate term: substantivisk

(linguistics) Relating to a word or construction which may function in nounlike manner; nominal

(finance) Relating to the nominal value or face value (as opposed to the real or market value); nominal


nominal

nominal n (singular definite nominalet, plural indefinite nominaler)

nominalet (definite singular)
nominaler (indefinite plural)
nominal (indefinite nominative singular)
nominalet (definite nominative singular)
nominaler (indefinite nominative plural)
nominalerne (definite nominative plural)
nominals (genitive indefinite singular)
nominalets (definite genitive singular)
nominalers (genitive indefinite plural)
nominalernes (definite genitive plural)

(linguistics) A word or construction which may function in a nounlike manner; a nominal, nominalisation


relief

relief n (singular definite relieffet, plural indefinite relieffer)

relieffet (definite singular)
relieffer (indefinite plural)
relief (indefinite nominative singular)
relieffet (definite nominative singular)
relieffer (indefinite nominative plural)
reliefferne (definite nominative plural)
reliefs (genitive indefinite singular)
relieffets (definite genitive singular)
relieffers (genitive indefinite plural)
relieffernes (definite genitive plural)


jul

jul c (singular definite julen, plural indefinite jule)

julen (definite singular)
jule (indefinite plural)
jul (indefinite nominative singular)
julen (definite nominative singular)
jule (indefinite nominative plural)
julene (definite nominative plural)
juls (genitive indefinite singular)
julens (definite genitive singular)
jules (genitive indefinite plural)
julenes (definite genitive plural)

Norwegian Bokmål: jul

q

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)

→ German: Jul
→ Dutch: joel

⇒ German: Julfest
→ Dutch: joelfeest

→ Greenlandic: juulli

From Old Norse jól, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō.

(Christianity) Christmas (the time around 25 December)


museum

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museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural museerne)

museet (definite singular)
museer (indefinite plural)
museerne (definite plural)
museum (indefinite nominative singular)
museet (definite nominative singular)
museer (indefinite nominative plural)
museerne (definite nominative plural)
museums (genitive indefinite singular)
museets (definite genitive singular)
museers (genitive indefinite plural)
museernes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”), from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).


alveolar

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alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)

alveolaren (definite singular)
alveolarer (indefinite plural)
alveolar (indefinite nominative singular)
alveolaren (definite nominative singular)
alveolarer (indefinite nominative plural)
alveolarerne (definite nominative plural)
alveolars (genitive indefinite singular)
alveolarens (definite genitive singular)
alveolarers (genitive indefinite plural)
alveolarernes (definite genitive plural)


polka

polka c (singular definite polkaen, plural indefinite polkaer)

polkaen (definite singular)
polkaer (indefinite plural)
polka (indefinite nominative singular)
polkaen (definite nominative singular)
polkaer (indefinite nominative plural)
polkaerne (definite nominative plural)
polkas (genitive indefinite singular)
polkaens (definite genitive singular)
polkaers (genitive indefinite plural)
polkaernes (definite genitive plural)


maraca

maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)

maracaen (definite singular)
maracaer (indefinite plural)
maraca (indefinite nominative singular)
maracaen (definite nominative singular)
maracaer (indefinite nominative plural)
maracaerne (definite nominative plural)
maracas (genitive indefinite singular)
maracaens (definite genitive singular)
maracaers (genitive indefinite plural)
maracaernes (definite genitive plural)


neutrum

neutrum n (singular definite neutrummet, plural indefinite neutrummer or neutra)

neutrummet (definite singular)
neutrummer (indefinite plural)
neutra (indefinite plural)
neutrum (indefinite nominative singular)
neutrummet (definite nominative singular)
neutrummer (indefinite nominative plural)
neutra (indefinite nominative plural)
neutrummerne (definite nominative plural)
neutraene (definite nominative plural)
neutrums (genitive indefinite singular)
neutrummets (definite genitive singular)
neutrummers (genitive indefinite plural)
neutras (genitive indefinite plural)
neutrummernes (definite genitive plural)
neutraenes (definite genitive plural)

[ˈnœwtˢʁ̥ɔm]

[ˈnʌjtˢʁ̥ɔm]

From Latin genus neutrum (literally “neither gender”).

bor

(grammar) neuter; a noun of the neuter gender


sharia

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sharia (singular definite -, plural indefinite sharia)

From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

bor

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Ordet sharia forekommer kun et enkelt sted i Koranen, hvoraf det tilmed tydeligt fremgår, at der ...

2012, Aminah Tønnsen, Tror muslimer at jorden er flad?: 100 spørgsmål og svar om islam i det 21. århundrede, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

Sharia er måden, hvorpå man tolker koranen, så den kan give vejledning og retledning i moderne tider, hvor man ikke umiddelbart kan finde det problem, man står med, omtalt i koranen.

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fagot

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fagot c (singular definite fagotten, plural indefinite fagotter)

fagotten (definite singular)
fagotter (indefinite plural)
fagot (indefinite nominative singular)
fagotten (definite nominative singular)
fagotter (indefinite nominative plural)
fagotterne (definite nominative plural)
fagots (genitive indefinite singular)
fagottens (definite genitive singular)
fagotters (genitive indefinite plural)
fagotternes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from French fagot, from Italian fagotto.

bassoon (musical instrument in the woodwind family)


brandbil

brandbil c (singular definite brandbilen, plural indefinite brandbiler)

brandbilen (definite singular)
brandbiler (indefinite plural)
brandbil (indefinite nominative singular)
brandbilen (definite nominative singular)
brandbiler (indefinite nominative plural)
brandbilerne (definite nominative plural)
brandbils (genitive indefinite singular)
brandbilens (definite genitive singular)
brandbilers (genitive indefinite plural)
brandbilernes (definite genitive plural)


journalist

journalist c (singular definite journalisten, plural indefinite journalister)

journalisten (definite singular)
journalister (indefinite plural)
journalist (indefinite nominative singular)
journalisten (definite nominative singular)
journalister (indefinite nominative plural)
journalisterne (definite nominative plural)
journalists (genitive indefinite singular)
journalistens (definite genitive singular)
journalisters (genitive indefinite plural)
journalisternes (definite genitive plural)

(journalism) a journalist, a reporter (reporter on a newspaper)


retronym

retronym n (singular definite retronymet, plural indefinite retronymer)

retronymet (definite singular)
retronymer (indefinite plural)
retronym (indefinite nominative singular)
retronymet (definite nominative singular)
retronymer (indefinite nominative plural)
retronymerne (definite nominative plural)
retronyms (genitive indefinite singular)
retronymets (definite genitive singular)
retronymers (genitive indefinite plural)
retronymernes (definite genitive plural)


organist

organist c (singular definite organisten, plural indefinite organister)

organisten (definite singular)
organister (indefinite plural)
organist (indefinite nominative singular)
organisten (definite nominative singular)
organister (indefinite nominative plural)
organisterne (definite nominative plural)
organists (genitive indefinite singular)
organistens (definite genitive singular)
organisters (genitive indefinite plural)
organisternes (definite genitive plural)


ri

ri (imperative ri, present rir or rier, past riede, past participle riet)

ri (imperative)
rir (present)
rier (present)
riede (past)
riet (participle past)

From Middle Low German rigen (“to put in folds”), from or related to Old Saxon rekkian (“to extend”). Distantly related to Old Norse rekja (“to unfold, unwind”), hence a doublet of række (“to reach”).

bor

baste, tack (to sew with wide stitches to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)


menstruation

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menstruation c (singular definite menstruationen, plural indefinite menstruationer)

menstruationen (definite singular)
menstruationer (indefinite plural)
menstruation (indefinite nominative singular)
menstruationen (definite nominative singular)
menstruationer (indefinite nominative plural)
menstruationerne (definite nominative plural)
menstruations (genitive indefinite singular)
menstruationens (definite genitive singular)
menstruationers (genitive indefinite plural)
menstruationernes (definite genitive plural)


aktiv

aktiv (neuter aktivt, plural and definite singular attributive aktive)

aktivt (neuter)
aktive (attributive definite singular)
aktive (attributive plural)
aktiv (positive)
aktivere (comparative)
aktivest (superlative)
aktivt (positive)
aktive (plural positive)
aktivere (comparative plural)
aktivest (plural superlative)
aktive (positive)
aktiveste (superlative)

[ˈɑɡ̊ˌtˢiwˀ]

From Latin āctīvus, derived from the verb agō (“to act”).

(grammar) active (being in the active voice)


aktiv

aktiv c (singular definite aktiven, plural indefinite aktiver)

aktiven (definite singular)
aktiver (indefinite plural)
aktiv (indefinite nominative singular)
aktiven (definite nominative singular)
aktiver (indefinite nominative plural)
aktiverne (definite nominative plural)
aktivs (genitive indefinite singular)
aktivens (definite genitive singular)
aktivers (genitive indefinite plural)
aktivernes (definite genitive plural)

[ˈɑɡ̊ˌtˢiwˀ]


buste

buste c (singular definite busten, plural indefinite buster)

busten (definite singular)
buster (indefinite plural)
buste (indefinite nominative singular)
busten (definite nominative singular)
buster (indefinite nominative plural)
busterne (definite nominative plural)
bustes (genitive indefinite singular)
bustens (definite genitive singular)
busters (genitive indefinite plural)
busternes (definite genitive plural)

a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders, a bust


ligne

ligne (imperative lign, infinitive at ligne, present tense ligner, past tense lignede, perfect tense har lignet)

lign (imperative)
at ligne (infinitive)
ligner (present)
lignede (past)
har lignet (perfect)

From Old Danish likna, derived with the inchoative suffix -ne from lig (“similar”). Compare Swedish likna, English liken, Middle Low German līkenen. It has replaced an older verb without -n, *galīkōną, hence Old English ġelīcian, German gleichen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽 (galeikōn).


zar

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)

zaren (definite singular)
zarer (indefinite plural)
zar (indefinite nominative singular)
zaren (definite nominative singular)
zarer (indefinite nominative plural)
zarerne (definite nominative plural)
zars (genitive indefinite singular)
zarens (definite genitive singular)
zarers (genitive indefinite plural)
zarernes (definite genitive plural)


zarina

zarina c (singular definite zarinaen, plural indefinite zarinaer)

zarinaen (definite singular)
zarinaer (indefinite plural)
zarina (indefinite nominative singular)
zarinaen (definite nominative singular)
zarinaer (indefinite nominative plural)
zarinaerne (definite nominative plural)
zarinas (genitive indefinite singular)
zarinaens (definite genitive singular)
zarinaers (genitive indefinite plural)
zarinaernes (definite genitive plural)


tweet

tweet (indefinite nominative singular)
tweeten (definite nominative singular)
tweetet (definite nominative singular)
tweets (indefinite nominative plural)
tweetsene (definite nominative plural)
tweetene (definite nominative plural)
tweets (genitive indefinite singular)
tweetens (definite genitive singular)
tweetets (definite genitive singular)
tweets' (genitive indefinite plural)
tweetsenes (definite genitive plural)
tweetenes (definite genitive plural)

... og at du lyver i dine tweets / ... / jeg skriver et tweet med våde fingre / ... / og der er 7 personer der citerer tweeten ...

2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

David Thomsons kontakter synes, hans historie er for tyk, og han har trukket tweetet tilbage.

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Janus

From Latin Iānus. Has been used as a Latinization of the Danish given name Jens.


controller

controller c (singular definite controlleren, plural indefinite controllere or controllers)

controlleren (definite singular)
controllere (indefinite plural)
controllers (indefinite plural)
controller (indefinite nominative singular)
controlleren (definite nominative singular)
controllere (indefinite nominative plural)
controllers (indefinite nominative plural)
controllerne (definite nominative plural)
controllers (genitive indefinite singular)
controllerens (definite genitive singular)
controlleres (genitive indefinite plural)
controllers' (genitive indefinite plural)
controllernes (definite genitive plural)

(business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government, a comptroller, a controller.


deponent

deponent (positive)
deponente (plural positive)
deponente (positive)

(grammar, of a verb). verb conjugated passively but used actively.


referendum

referendum n (singular definite referendummet, plural indefinite referendummer or referenda)

referendummet (definite singular)
referendummer (indefinite plural)
referenda (indefinite plural)
referendum (indefinite nominative singular)
referendummet (definite nominative singular)
referendummer (indefinite nominative plural)
referenda (indefinite nominative plural)
referendummerne (definite nominative plural)
referendaene (definite nominative plural)
referendums (genitive indefinite singular)
referendummets (definite genitive singular)
referendummers (genitive indefinite plural)
referendas (genitive indefinite plural)
referendummernes (definite genitive plural)
referendaenes (definite genitive plural)

[ʁɛfəˈʁand̥ɔm]

From Latin referendum, the neuter gerundive of referre (“to refer”).

referendum (direct popular vote on a proposed law)


cello

cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)

celloen (definite singular)
celloer (indefinite plural)
cello (indefinite nominative singular)
celloen (definite nominative singular)
celloer (indefinite nominative plural)
celloerne (definite nominative plural)
cellos (genitive indefinite singular)
celloens (definite genitive singular)
celloers (genitive indefinite plural)
celloernes (definite genitive plural)


dværg

dværg c (singular definite dværgen, plural indefinite dværge)

dværgen (definite singular)
dværge (indefinite plural)
dværg (indefinite nominative singular)
dværgen (definite nominative singular)
dværge (indefinite nominative plural)
dværgene (definite nominative plural)
dværgs (genitive indefinite singular)
dværgens (definite genitive singular)
dværges (genitive indefinite plural)
dværgenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse dvergr, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.


træl

træl c (singular definite trællen, plural indefinite trælle)

trællen (definite singular)
trælle (indefinite plural)
træl (indefinite nominative singular)
trællen (definite nominative singular)
trælle (indefinite nominative plural)
trællene (definite nominative plural)
træls (genitive indefinite singular)
trællens (definite genitive singular)
trælles (genitive indefinite plural)
trællenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish thræl, from Old Norse þræll, from Proto-Germanic *þragilaz, *þrahilaz, *þrēhilaz, from the root *þreh-, *þreg-, *þrag- ‘to run’, from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (“pull, drag, race, run”).


funky

From English funky. Attested since 1971.


sibilant

sibilant (indefinite nominative singular)
sibilanten (definite nominative singular)
sibilanter (indefinite nominative plural)
sibilanterne (definite nominative plural)
sibilants (genitive indefinite singular)
sibilantens (definite genitive singular)
sibilanters (genitive indefinite plural)
sibilanternes (definite genitive plural)


dolk

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dolk c (singular definite dolken, plural indefinite dolke)

dolken (definite singular)
dolke (indefinite plural)
dolk (indefinite nominative singular)
dolken (definite nominative singular)
dolke (indefinite nominative plural)
dolkene (definite nominative plural)
dolks (genitive indefinite singular)
dolkens (definite genitive singular)
dolkes (genitive indefinite plural)
dolkenes (definite genitive plural)

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Low German Dolk, from Middle Low German dolk, from Old Saxon *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“dagger”). Cognate with Dutch dolk, German Dolch and Swedish dolk.


Maria

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of the vernacular Danish Marie.


referent

referent (indefinite nominative singular)
referenten (definite nominative singular)
referenter (indefinite nominative plural)
referenterne (definite nominative plural)
referents (genitive indefinite singular)
referentens (definite genitive singular)
referenters (genitive indefinite plural)
referenternes (definite genitive plural)


Bach

From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).


Ester

a female given name from Hebrew, usually spelled Esther


Tor

From Old Norse Þórr. Cogante with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish Tor.

(Norse mythology and paganism) Thor, a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.


krone

krone c (singular definite kronen, plural indefinite kroner)

kronen (definite singular)
kroner (indefinite plural)
krone (indefinite nominative singular)
kronen (definite nominative singular)
kroner (indefinite nominative plural)
kronerne (definite nominative plural)
krones (genitive indefinite singular)
kronens (definite genitive singular)
kroners (genitive indefinite plural)
kronernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Faroese: króna

→ Icelandic: króna

From Middle Low German krōne, from Latin corōna (“crown”). Compare also German Krone.

krone, crown (the currency of Denmark, Norway or Sweden, divided into 100 øre)


krone

krone (imperative kron, infinitive at krone, present tense kroner, past tense kronede, perfect tense har kronet)

kron (imperative)
at krone (infinitive)
kroner (present)
kronede (past)
har kronet (perfect)
krone (active infinitive)
krones (infinitive passive)
kroner (active present)
krones (passive present)
kronede (active past)
kronedes (passive past)
kron (active imperative)
kronende (participle present)
kronet (participle past)
kronen (gerund participle)

From Middle Low German krōnen, from Latin corōnāre (“to crown”). Compare also German krönen.


emir

emir c (singular definite emiren, plural indefinite emirer)

emiren (definite singular)
emirer (indefinite plural)
emir (indefinite nominative singular)
emiren (definite nominative singular)
emirer (indefinite nominative plural)
emirerne (definite nominative plural)
emirs (genitive indefinite singular)
emirens (definite genitive singular)
emirers (genitive indefinite plural)
emirernes (definite genitive plural)

From Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).


sura

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sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

suraen (definite singular)
suraer (indefinite plural)
sura (indefinite nominative singular)
suraen (definite nominative singular)
suraer (indefinite nominative plural)
suraerne (definite nominative plural)
suras (genitive indefinite singular)
suraens (definite genitive singular)
suraers (genitive indefinite plural)
suraernes (definite genitive plural)

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).


reporter

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reporter c (singular definite reporteren, plural indefinite reportere)

reporteren (definite singular)
reportere (indefinite plural)
reporter (indefinite nominative singular)
reporteren (definite nominative singular)
reportere (indefinite nominative plural)
reporterne (definite nominative plural)
reporters (genitive indefinite singular)
reporterens (definite genitive singular)
reporteres (genitive indefinite plural)
reporternes (definite genitive plural)


regent

regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)

regenten (definite singular)
regenter (indefinite plural)
regent (indefinite nominative singular)
regenten (definite nominative singular)
regenter (indefinite nominative plural)
regenterne (definite nominative plural)
regents (genitive indefinite singular)
regentens (definite genitive singular)
regenters (genitive indefinite plural)
regenternes (definite genitive plural)

[ʁɛˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]

Via German Regent and French régent from Latin regēns, a present participle of the verb Latin regō (“to rule”) (whence Danish regere).

(politics) a monarch, a regent (one who rules)


papir

papir n (singular definite papiret, plural indefinite papirer)

papiret (definite singular)
papirer (indefinite plural)
papir (indefinite nominative singular)
papiret (definite nominative singular)
papirer (indefinite nominative plural)
papirerne (definite nominative plural)
papirs (genitive indefinite singular)
papirets (definite genitive singular)
papirers (genitive indefinite plural)
papirernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Faroese: pappír

[pʰaˈpʰiːˀɐ̯]

[pʰaˈpʰiɐ̯ˀ]

From Middle Low German papir, pappir, from Old French papier.


muslim

muslim c (singular definite muslimen, plural indefinite muslimer)

muslimen (definite singular)
muslimer (indefinite plural)
muslim (indefinite nominative singular)
muslimen (definite nominative singular)
muslimer (indefinite nominative plural)
muslimerne (definite nominative plural)
muslims (genitive indefinite singular)
muslimens (definite genitive singular)
muslimers (genitive indefinite plural)
muslimernes (definite genitive plural)

From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), the Form IV active participle of the triliteral root S-L-M "to be whole, intact".


balkon

balkon c (singular definite balkonen, plural indefinite balkoner)

balkonen (definite singular)
balkoner (indefinite plural)
balkon (indefinite nominative singular)
balkonen (definite nominative singular)
balkoner (indefinite nominative plural)
balkonerne (definite nominative plural)
balkons (genitive indefinite singular)
balkonens (definite genitive singular)
balkoners (genitive indefinite plural)
balkonernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Greenlandic: balkonngi


parti

parti n (singular definite partiet, plural indefinite partier)

partiet (definite singular)
partier (indefinite plural)
parti (indefinite nominative singular)
partiet (definite nominative singular)
partier (indefinite nominative plural)
partierne (definite nominative plural)
partis (genitive indefinite singular)
partiets (definite genitive singular)
partiers (genitive indefinite plural)
partiernes (definite genitive plural)


madras

madras c (singular definite madrassen, plural indefinite madrasser)

madrassen (definite singular)
madrasser (indefinite plural)
madras (indefinite nominative singular)
madrassen (definite nominative singular)
madrasser (indefinite nominative plural)
madrasserne (definite nominative plural)
madras' (genitive indefinite singular)
madrassens (definite genitive singular)
madrassers (genitive indefinite plural)
madrassernes (definite genitive plural)

From Dutch matras or German Matratze (from Middle High German, from Old Italian materazzo).


financier

financier c (singular definite financieren, plural indefinite financiere)

financieren (definite singular)
financiere (indefinite plural)
financier (indefinite nominative singular)
financieren (definite nominative singular)
financiere (indefinite nominative plural)
financierne (definite nominative plural)
financiers (genitive indefinite singular)
financierens (definite genitive singular)
financieres (genitive indefinite plural)
financiernes (definite genitive plural)


reportage

reportage c (singular definite reportagen, plural indefinite reportager)

reportagen (definite singular)
reportager (indefinite plural)
reportage (indefinite nominative singular)
reportagen (definite nominative singular)
reportager (indefinite nominative plural)
reportagerne (definite nominative plural)
reportages (genitive indefinite singular)
reportagens (definite genitive singular)
reportagers (genitive indefinite plural)
reportagernes (definite genitive plural)


dronning

dronning c (singular definite dronningen, plural indefinite dronninger)

dronningen (definite singular)
dronninger (indefinite plural)
dronning (indefinite nominative singular)
dronningen (definite nominative singular)
dronninger (indefinite nominative plural)
dronningerne (definite nominative plural)
dronnings (genitive indefinite singular)
dronningens (definite genitive singular)
dronningers (genitive indefinite plural)
dronningernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse dróttning (“mistress, queen”), cognate with Swedish drottning. Derived from dróttinn (“lord, leader”) (Danish drot).

(figuratively) queen (a person who is leading in a certain area)

(zoology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)


konge

konge c (singular definite kongen, plural indefinite konger)

kongen (definite singular)
konger (indefinite plural)
konge (indefinite nominative singular)
kongen (definite nominative singular)
konger (indefinite nominative plural)
kongerne (definite nominative plural)
konges (genitive indefinite singular)
kongens (definite genitive singular)
kongers (genitive indefinite plural)
kongernes (definite genitive plural)

Norwegian Bokmål: konge

→ Greenlandic: kunngi

Older konning, from Old Norse konungr (“king”), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”), cognate with Swedish konung, English king, German König, Dutch koning. Derived from *kunją (“kin, clan”) (Danish køn).

(figuratively) king (a person who is leading in a certain area)


prins

prins c (singular definite prinsen, plural indefinite prinser)

prinsen (definite singular)
prinser (indefinite plural)
prins (indefinite nominative singular)
prinsen (definite nominative singular)
prinser (indefinite nominative plural)
prinserne (definite nominative plural)
prins' (genitive indefinite singular)
prinsens (definite genitive singular)
prinsers (genitive indefinite plural)
prinsernes (definite genitive plural)

Via Middle Low German prinze, German Prinz from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps. Doublet of fyrste via a calque.

prince consort (husband of a ruling queen)


prinsesse

prinsesse c (singular definite prinsessen, plural indefinite prinsesseer)

prinsessen (definite singular)
prinsesseer (indefinite plural)
prinsesse (indefinite nominative singular)
prinsessen (definite nominative singular)
prinsesseer (indefinite nominative plural)
prinsesseerne (definite nominative plural)
prinsesses (genitive indefinite singular)
prinsessens (definite genitive singular)
prinsesseers (genitive indefinite plural)
prinsesseernes (definite genitive plural)

Faroese: prinsessa

Icelandic: prinsessa

[pʰʁ̥ænˈsɛsə]

From French princesse, derived from prince.

princess (a female member of the royal family, especially the daughter or daughter-in-law of a ruling monarch)

princess (a female member of the ruling family of a principality)


xylofon

xylofon c (definite singular xylofonen, indefinite plural xylofoner, definite plural xylofonerne)

xylofonen (definite singular)
xylofoner (indefinite plural)
xylofonerne (definite plural)


intervention

intervention c (singular definite interventionen, plural indefinite interventioner)

interventionen (definite singular)
interventioner (indefinite plural)
intervention (indefinite nominative singular)
interventionen (definite nominative singular)
interventioner (indefinite nominative plural)
interventionerne (definite nominative plural)
interventions (genitive indefinite singular)
interventionens (definite genitive singular)
interventioners (genitive indefinite plural)
interventionernes (definite genitive plural)

From Latin interventiō, from interveniō (“I intervene, come between”).


lyse

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)

lys (imperative)
at lyse (infinitive)
lyser (present)
lyste (past)
har lyst (perfect)
lyser (present)
lyste (past)
har lyst (perfect present)
havde lyst (past perfect)
lyses (passive present)
lystes (passive past)
lysende (participle present)
lyst (participle past)
lys (imperative present)
lyse (infinitive present)
have (auxiliary present)
lysen (gerund present)

From Old Norse lýsa, from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijaną. Derived from *leuhsaz (“light”, adjective) and/or *leuhsą (“light”, noun).

(religion) to declare (a wedding or a ban)


basilika

basilika c (singular definite basilikaen, plural indefinite basilikaer)

basilikaen (definite singular)
basilikaer (indefinite plural)


bombe

bombe c (singular definite bomben, plural indefinite bomber)

bomben (definite singular)
bomber (indefinite plural)
bombe (indefinite nominative singular)
bomben (definite nominative singular)
bomber (indefinite nominative plural)
bomberne (definite nominative plural)
bombes (genitive indefinite singular)
bombens (definite genitive singular)
bombers (genitive indefinite plural)
bombernes (definite genitive plural)


ballon

ballon c (singular definite ballonen, plural indefinite balloner)

ballonen (definite singular)
balloner (indefinite plural)
ballon (indefinite nominative singular)
ballonen (definite nominative singular)
balloner (indefinite nominative plural)
ballonerne (definite nominative plural)
ballons (genitive indefinite singular)
ballonens (definite genitive singular)
balloners (genitive indefinite plural)
ballonernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Greenlandic: ballonngi

(ballet, singular only) ballon (the quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair)


gode

gode c (singular definite goden, plural indefinite goder)

goden (definite singular)
goder (indefinite plural)
gode (indefinite nominative singular)
goden (definite nominative singular)
goder (indefinite nominative plural)
goderne (definite nominative plural)
godes (genitive indefinite singular)
godens (definite genitive singular)
goders (genitive indefinite plural)
godernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse goði, from Proto-Germanic *gudô, a variant of *gudjô, which is the source of Proto-Norse ᚷᚢᛞᛁᛃᚨ (gudija) and Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰 (gudja, “priest”). Both words are derived from the noun *gudą (“god”) (Danish gud).

(religion) godi (a priest in pre-Christian Scandinavia and in Nordic Neopaganism)


doorstep

Statsministeren holder doorstep i Statsministeriet.

The Prime Minister is holding an informal press briefing at the Prime Minister's Office.

(journalism) A short and informal press briefing


fødsel

fødsel c (singular definite fødslen or (unofficial) fødselen, plural indefinite fødsler)

fødslen (definite singular)
fødselen (colloquial definite singular)
fødsler (indefinite plural)
fødsel (indefinite nominative singular)
fødslen (definite nominative singular)
fødselen (colloquial definite nominative singular)
fødsler (indefinite nominative plural)
fødslerne (definite nominative plural)
fødsels (genitive indefinite singular)
fødslens (definite genitive singular)
fødselens (colloquial definite genitive singular)
fødslers (genitive indefinite plural)
fødslernes (definite genitive plural)

From føde (“to bear, give birth”) + -sel (noun suffix).


tante

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tante c (singular definite tanten, plural indefinite tanter)

tanten (definite singular)
tanter (indefinite plural)
tante (indefinite nominative singular)
tanten (definite nominative singular)
tanter (indefinite nominative plural)
tanterne (definite nominative plural)
tantes (genitive indefinite singular)
tantens (definite genitive singular)
tanters (genitive indefinite plural)
tanternes (definite genitive plural)

→ Icelandic: tanta

Borrowed via German Tante from French tante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“paternal aunt”).


advokat

advokat c (singular definite advokaten, plural indefinite advokater)

advokaten (definite singular)
advokater (indefinite plural)
advokat (indefinite nominative singular)
advokaten (definite nominative singular)
advokater (indefinite nominative plural)
advokaterne (definite nominative plural)
advokats (genitive indefinite singular)
advokatens (definite genitive singular)
advokaters (genitive indefinite plural)
advokaternes (definite genitive plural)

[æðʋoˈkʰæd̥]

[æð̠˕ˠʋo̝ˈkʰæt]


datter

datter c (singular definite datteren, plural indefinite døtre)

datteren (definite singular)
døtre (indefinite plural)
datter (indefinite nominative singular)
datteren (definite nominative singular)
døtre (indefinite nominative plural)
døtrene (definite nominative plural)
datters (genitive indefinite singular)
datterens (definite genitive singular)
døtres (genitive indefinite plural)
døtrenes (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).


gud

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gud c (singular definite guden, plural indefinite guder)

guden (definite singular)
guder (indefinite plural)
gud (indefinite nominative singular)
guden (definite nominative singular)
guder (indefinite nominative plural)
guderne (definite nominative plural)
guds (genitive indefinite singular)
gudens (definite genitive singular)
guders (genitive indefinite plural)
gudernes (definite genitive plural)

Norwegian Bokmål: gud

→ Greenlandic: guuti

From Old Norse guð (“god”), from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Cognate with English god and German Gott.

gudskelov

thank God, praise the Lord, thankfully, luckily

(religion) god, God (deity, supernatural being)


kong

Kong Lars var en konge.

king (used as a title before the name of a king)


vals

vals c (singular definite valsen, plural indefinite valse)

valsen (definite singular)
valse (indefinite plural)
vals (indefinite nominative singular)
valsen (definite nominative singular)
valse (indefinite nominative plural)
valsene (definite nominative plural)
vals' (genitive indefinite singular)
valsens (definite genitive singular)
valses (genitive indefinite plural)
valsenes (definite genitive plural)

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to roll”).


Johannes

From Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān). Cognate with English John.

1992 transl. Bibelen, Johannes 1:6

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John (KJV)

Der kom et menneske, udsendt af Gud, hans navn var Johannes.


Horus

From Late Latin Hōrus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr.


assimilation

assimilation c (singular definite assimilationen, plural indefinite assimilationer)

assimilationen (definite singular)
assimilationer (indefinite plural)
assimilation (indefinite nominative singular)
assimilationen (definite nominative singular)
assimilationer (indefinite nominative plural)
assimilationerne (definite nominative plural)
assimilations (genitive indefinite singular)
assimilationens (definite genitive singular)
assimilationers (genitive indefinite plural)
assimilationernes (definite genitive plural)


ideogram

ideogram n (singular definite ideogrammet, plural indefinite ideogrammer)

ideogrammet (definite singular)
ideogrammer (indefinite plural)
ideogram (indefinite nominative singular)
ideogrammet (definite nominative singular)
ideogrammer (indefinite nominative plural)
ideogrammerne (definite nominative plural)
ideograms (genitive indefinite singular)
ideogrammets (definite genitive singular)
ideogrammers (genitive indefinite plural)
ideogrammernes (definite genitive plural)


inshallah

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).

bor+

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه

Vi har set videoerne og læst på lektien. Det går, inshallah.

2015, Tarek Omar, Johan Forsby, Sønner af mænd, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

We have seen the videos and done our homework. It will be fine, God willing.

... at jeg må væk, inshallah.

2016, Joakim Zander, Broderen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

... that I have to get away, God willing.

„Snart, inshallah,“ sagde Nabi ...

2013, Khaled Hosseini, translated by Marianne Linneberg Rasmussen, Og bjergene gav genlyd, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:


kønsord

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kønsord n (singular definite kønsordet, plural indefinite kønsord)

kønsordet (definite singular)
kønsord (indefinite plural)
kønsord (indefinite nominative singular)
kønsordet (definite nominative singular)
kønsord (indefinite nominative plural)
kønsordene (definite nominative plural)
kønsords (genitive indefinite singular)
kønsordets (definite genitive singular)
kønsords (genitive indefinite plural)
kønsordenes (definite genitive plural)

køn + ord, compare with German Geschlechtswort


sultan

sultan c (singular definite sultanen, plural indefinite sultaner)

sultanen (definite singular)
sultaner (indefinite plural)
sultan (indefinite nominative singular)
sultanen (definite nominative singular)
sultaner (indefinite nominative plural)
sultanerne (definite nominative plural)
sultans (genitive indefinite singular)
sultanens (definite genitive singular)
sultaners (genitive indefinite plural)
sultanernes (definite genitive plural)


konsonant

konsonant (indefinite nominative singular)
konsonanten (definite nominative singular)
konsonanter (indefinite nominative plural)
konsonanterne (definite nominative plural)
konsonants (genitive indefinite singular)
konsonantens (definite genitive singular)
konsonanters (genitive indefinite plural)
konsonanternes (definite genitive plural)


gesims

gesims c (singular definite gesimsen, plural indefinite gesimser)

gesimsen (definite singular)
gesimser (indefinite plural)


fobi

fobi c (singular definite fobien, plural indefinite fobier)

fobien (definite singular)
fobier (indefinite plural)
fobi (indefinite nominative singular)
fobien (definite nominative singular)
fobier (indefinite nominative plural)
fobierne (definite nominative plural)
fobis (genitive indefinite singular)
fobiens (definite genitive singular)
fobiers (genitive indefinite plural)
fobiernes (definite genitive plural)


fonetik

fonetik c (singular definite fonetikken, plural indefinite fonetikker)

fonetikken (definite singular)
fonetikker (indefinite plural)
fonetik (indefinite nominative singular)
fonetikken (definite nominative singular)
fonetikker (indefinite nominative plural)
fonetikkerne (definite nominative plural)
fonetiks (genitive indefinite singular)
fonetikkens (definite genitive singular)
fonetikkers (genitive indefinite plural)
fonetikkernes (definite genitive plural)

(linguistics) phonetics (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)


dur

From German Dur, from Latin durus (“hard”).


hov

hov n (singular definite hovet, plural indefinite hov)

hovet (definite singular)
hov (indefinite plural)
hov (indefinite nominative singular)
hovet (definite nominative singular)
hov (indefinite nominative plural)
hovene (definite nominative plural)
hovs (genitive indefinite singular)
hovets (definite genitive singular)
hovs (genitive indefinite plural)
hovenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse hof (“shrine; court”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą, cognate with German Hof (“yard, court, farmyard”), Dutch hof (“yard, court, garden”). Doublet of hof (“court”).

(religion, historical) temple (with reference to pre-Christian Norse religion)


mol

From German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft”).

Coordinate term: dur

Alfred Cortots indspilning af Chopins vals i a-mol; ...

2014, Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, Musikken imellem noderne: Swing i klassisk musik, ISD LLC, →ISBN:

Alfred Cortot's recording of Chopin's waltz in A minor; ...


spyd

spyd n (singular definite spyddet, plural indefinite spyd)

spyddet (definite singular)
spyd (indefinite plural)
spyd (indefinite nominative singular)
spyddet (definite nominative singular)
spyd (indefinite nominative plural)
spyddene (definite nominative plural)
spyds (genitive indefinite singular)
spyddets (definite genitive singular)
spyds (genitive indefinite plural)
spyddenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish spiut, from Proto-Germanic *speutą. Compare Old Norse spjót.


metonym

metonym n (singular definite metonymet, plural indefinite metonymer)

metonymet (definite singular)
metonymer (indefinite plural)
metonym (indefinite nominative singular)
metonymet (definite nominative singular)
metonymer (indefinite nominative plural)
metonymerne (definite nominative plural)
metonyms (genitive indefinite singular)
metonymets (definite genitive singular)
metonymers (genitive indefinite plural)
metonymernes (definite genitive plural)

Den lille trailer […] blev […] brugt som et metonym for sort arbejde.

2011, Jan Krag Jacobsen, 29 spørgsmål, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 124:

The little trailer […] was […] used as a metonym for undeclared work.

I Herman Bangs Stuk (1887) er den arkitektoniske stuk blot et udsnit af tidens pyntesyge overfladeliv bliver et metonym på samtiden.^([sic])

2010, Krydsfelt Grundbog i Dansk, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 133:

In Herman Bang's Stuk (1887), the architectural stucco is only a slice of the gaudy surface life of the time becomes a metonym of the time.^([sic])

... en tendens til at bruge hjernen som et metonym for ens personlighed, ...

2011, Thomas Wiben Jensen, Kognition og konstruktion: to tendenser i humaniora og den offentlige debat, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 250:

... a tendency to use the brain as a metonym for one's personality, ...


fis

fis n (singular definite fisset, plural indefinite fisser)

fisset (definite singular)
fisser (indefinite plural)
fis (indefinite nominative singular)
fisset (definite nominative singular)
fisser (indefinite nominative plural)
fisserne (definite nominative plural)
fis' (genitive indefinite singular)
fissets (definite genitive singular)
fissers (genitive indefinite plural)
fissernes (definite genitive plural)


regering

regering c (singular definite regeringen, plural indefinite regeringer)

regeringen (definite singular)
regeringer (indefinite plural)
regering (indefinite nominative singular)
regeringen (definite nominative singular)
regeringer (indefinite nominative plural)
regeringerne (definite nominative plural)
regerings (genitive indefinite singular)
regeringens (definite genitive singular)
regeringers (genitive indefinite plural)
regeringernes (definite genitive plural)

(politics) government; the executive body of a country's governmental system.


sekund

sekund c (singular definite sekunden, plural indefinite sekunder)

sekunden (definite singular)
sekunder (indefinite plural)
sekund (indefinite nominative singular)
sekunden (definite nominative singular)
sekunder (indefinite nominative plural)
sekunderne (definite nominative plural)
sekunds (genitive indefinite singular)
sekundens (definite genitive singular)
sekunders (genitive indefinite plural)
sekundernes (definite genitive plural)

From Latin secundus (music), and (pars minuta) secunda (time).


kenning

kenning (indefinite nominative singular)
kenningen (definite nominative singular)
kenninger (indefinite nominative plural)
kenningerne (definite nominative plural)
kennings (genitive indefinite singular)
kenningens (definite genitive singular)
kenningers (genitive indefinite plural)
kenningernes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Old Norse kenning, from the verb kenna (“to know”).


hertug

hertug c (singular definite hertugen, plural indefinite hertuger)

hertugen (definite singular)
hertuger (indefinite plural)
hertug (indefinite nominative singular)
hertugen (definite nominative singular)
hertuger (indefinite nominative plural)
hertugerne (definite nominative plural)
hertugs (genitive indefinite singular)
hertugens (definite genitive singular)
hertugers (genitive indefinite plural)
hertugernes (definite genitive plural)

From Middle Low German hertoch. Cognate to German Herzog, Dutch hertog.


pige

pige c (singular definite pigen, plural indefinite piger)

pigen (definite singular)
piger (indefinite plural)
pige (indefinite nominative singular)
pigen (definite nominative singular)
piger (indefinite nominative plural)
pigerne (definite nominative plural)
piges (genitive indefinite singular)
pigens (definite genitive singular)
pigers (genitive indefinite plural)
pigernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Icelandic: pía

Norwegian Bokmål: pike

Compare (late) Old Norse píka, Swedish piga. Possibly borrowed from Finnish piika (“maid, girl”) (or the other way around).

(embellishing or patronizing) girl, woman (a female adult, underplaying the age)

girl, girlfriend (a woman as a potential or actual sexual partner)

girl, daughter (a female person one is the parent of)


Elias

→ Greenlandic: Iliarsi, Illiarsi

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Elias or Elijah


pund

pund n (singular definite pundet, plural indefinite pund)

pundet (definite singular)
pund (indefinite plural)
pund (indefinite nominative singular)
pundet (definite nominative singular)
pund (indefinite nominative plural)
pundene (definite nominative plural)
punds (genitive indefinite singular)
pundets (definite genitive singular)
punds (genitive indefinite plural)
pundenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).


tæppe

tæppe (imperative tæp, infinitive at tæppe, present tense tæpper, past tense tæppede, perfect tense er/har tæppet)

tæp (imperative)
at tæppe (infinitive)
tæpper (present)
tæppede (past)
er (perfect)
har tæppet (perfect)


gruk

→ English: grook

Contraction of grin (“laugh”) and suk (“sigh”) (from sukke, a side form of suge (“to suck”)).


lut

lut c (singular definite lutten, plural indefinite lutter)

lutten (definite singular)
lutter (indefinite plural)
lut (indefinite nominative singular)
lutten (definite nominative singular)
lutter (indefinite nominative plural)
lutterne (definite nominative plural)
luts (genitive indefinite singular)
luttens (definite genitive singular)
lutters (genitive indefinite plural)
lutternes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German lute (“lute”).


kapel

kapel n (singular definite kapellet, plural indefinite kapeller)

kapellet (definite singular)
kapeller (indefinite plural)
kapel (indefinite nominative singular)
kapellet (definite nominative singular)
kapeller (indefinite nominative plural)
kapellerne (definite nominative plural)
kapels (genitive indefinite singular)
kapellets (definite genitive singular)
kapellers (genitive indefinite plural)
kapellernes (definite genitive plural)


dreng

dreng c (singular definite drengen, plural indefinite drenge)

drengen (definite singular)
drenge (indefinite plural)
dreng (indefinite nominative singular)
drengen (definite nominative singular)
drenge (indefinite nominative plural)
drengene (definite nominative plural)
drengs (genitive indefinite singular)
drengens (definite genitive singular)
drenges (genitive indefinite plural)
drengenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse drengr (“young warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“man, servant”).


nominativ

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nominativ c (singular definite nominativen, plural indefinite nominativer)

nominativen (definite singular)
nominativer (indefinite plural)
nominativ (indefinite nominative singular)
nominativen (definite nominative singular)
nominativer (indefinite nominative plural)
nominativerne (definite nominative plural)
nominativs (genitive indefinite singular)
nominativens (definite genitive singular)
nominativers (genitive indefinite plural)
nominativernes (definite genitive plural)

From Latin nōminātīvus, from nōmināre (“to name”).

(uncountable) nominative (the nominative case)


dativ

dativ c (singular definite dativen, plural indefinite dativer)

dativen (definite singular)
dativer (indefinite plural)
dativ (indefinite nominative singular)
dativen (definite nominative singular)
dativer (indefinite nominative plural)
dativerne (definite nominative plural)
dativs (genitive indefinite singular)
dativens (definite genitive singular)
dativers (genitive indefinite plural)
dativernes (definite genitive plural)

(singular only) the dative case, the dative (the grammatical case)

(countable) a dative form, a dative (a term declined for the dative case, a word in the dative case)


kirke

kirke c (singular definite kirken, plural indefinite kirker)

kirken (definite singular)
kirker (indefinite plural)
kirke (indefinite nominative singular)
kirken (definite nominative singular)
kirker (indefinite nominative plural)
kirkerne (definite nominative plural)
kirkes (genitive indefinite singular)
kirkens (definite genitive singular)
kirkers (genitive indefinite plural)
kirkernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), borrowed from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “church”), a neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”).

der

(Christianity) church (a house of worship)

(Christianity) church (a religious community)


ablativ

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ablativ c (singular definite ablativen, not used in plural form)

ablativen (definite singular)
ablativ (indefinite nominative singular)
ablativen (definite nominative singular)
ablativs (genitive indefinite singular)
ablativens (definite genitive singular)

Borrowed from French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablativus (“the ablative case”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“I take away”).


ablativ

ablativ (positive)
ablativt (positive)
ablative (plural positive)
ablative (positive)


citer

citer c (singular definite citeren, plural indefinite citere or citre)

citeren (definite singular)
citere (indefinite plural)
citre (indefinite plural)
citer (indefinite nominative singular)
citeren (definite nominative singular)
citere (indefinite nominative plural)
citre (indefinite nominative plural)
citerne (definite nominative plural)
citrene (definite nominative plural)
citers (genitive indefinite singular)
citerens (definite genitive singular)
citeres (genitive indefinite plural)
citres (genitive indefinite plural)
citernes (definite genitive plural)
citrenes (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin cithara (or through another intermediate language), from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).


ikon

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ikon n (singular definite ikonet or ikonen, plural indefinite ikoner)

ikonet (definite singular)
ikonen (definite singular)
ikoner (indefinite plural)

From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”).


Jonas

From Biblical Jonas (=Jonah), also used as a medieval Latinization of Danish Jon (“John”).


Rebekka

a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca, and today often spelled so


negativ

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negativ n (singular definite negativet, plural indefinite negativer)

negativet (definite singular)
negativer (indefinite plural)
negativ (indefinite nominative singular)
negativet (definite nominative singular)
negativer (indefinite nominative plural)
negativerne (definite nominative plural)
negativs (genitive indefinite singular)
negativets (definite genitive singular)
negativers (genitive indefinite plural)
negativernes (definite genitive plural)


pronomen

pronomen n (singular definite pronomenet, plural indefinite pronomener or pronominer)

pronomenet (definite singular)
pronomener (indefinite plural)
pronominer (indefinite plural)
pronomen (indefinite nominative singular)
pronomenet (definite nominative singular)
pronomener (indefinite nominative plural)
pronominer (indefinite nominative plural)
pronomenerne (definite nominative plural)
pronominerne (definite nominative plural)
pronomens (genitive indefinite singular)
pronomenets (definite genitive singular)
pronomeners (genitive indefinite plural)
pronominers (genitive indefinite plural)
pronomenernes (definite genitive plural)
pronominernes (definite genitive plural)


kasino

kasino n (singular definite kasinoet, plural indefinite kasinoer)

kasinoet (definite singular)
kasinoer (indefinite plural)
kasino (indefinite nominative singular)
kasinoet (definite nominative singular)
kasinoer (indefinite nominative plural)
kasinoerne (definite nominative plural)
kasinos (genitive indefinite singular)
kasinoets (definite genitive singular)
kasinoers (genitive indefinite plural)
kasinoernes (definite genitive plural)