"havfrue" meaning in Danish

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Noun

IPA: /hav.fruːə/, [ˈhɑʊ̯.ˌfʁ̥uːə]
Etymology: From hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”). Etymology templates: {{compound|da|hav|frue|t1=sea|t2=wife, lady}} hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|havfruen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|havfruer||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer), {{da-noun|n|r}} havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|n|r}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=havfruernes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=havfruers|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=havfruens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=havfrues|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=havfruerne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=havfruer|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=havfruen|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=havfrue}} Forms: havfruen [definite, singular], havfruer [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], havfrue [indefinite, nominative, singular], havfruen [definite, nominative, singular], havfruer [indefinite, nominative, plural], havfruerne [definite, nominative, plural], havfrues [genitive, indefinite, singular], havfruens [definite, genitive, singular], havfruers [genitive, indefinite, plural], havfruernes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (mythology) a mermaid Wikipedia link: da:havfrue Tags: common-gender

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hav",
        "3": "frue",
        "t1": "sea",
        "t2": "wife, lady"
      },
      "expansion": "hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "havfruen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfrue",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruerne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfrues",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruens",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruernes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "havfruer",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "havfruen",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "expansion": "havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "havfruernes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "havfruers",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "havfruens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "havfrues",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "havfruerne",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "havfruer",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "havfruen",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "havfrue"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "da",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "da:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mermaid"
      ],
      "id": "en-havfrue-da-noun-17MzD6lN",
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "mermaid",
          "mermaid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) a mermaid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "da:havfrue"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hav.fruːə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɑʊ̯.ˌfʁ̥uːə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "havfrue"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hav",
        "3": "frue",
        "t1": "sea",
        "t2": "wife, lady"
      },
      "expansion": "hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "havfruen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfrue",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruerne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfrues",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruens",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "havfruernes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "havfruer",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "havfruen",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "expansion": "havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "havfruernes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "havfruers",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "havfruens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "havfrues",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "havfruerne",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "havfruer",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "havfruen",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "havfrue"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish common-gender nouns",
        "Danish compound terms",
        "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Danish lemmas",
        "Danish nouns",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "da:Mythological creatures"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mermaid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "mermaid",
          "mermaid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) a mermaid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "da:havfrue"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hav.fruːə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɑʊ̯.ˌfʁ̥uːə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "havfrue"
}

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