"syssel" meaning in Danish

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Noun

IPA: [ˈsysəl]
Etymology: From Old Danish sysæl, syslæ, from Old Norse sýsla. Compare Old English susl. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|sysæl}} Old Danish sysæl, {{inh|da|non|sýsla}} Old Norse sýsla, {{cog|ang|susl}} Old English susl Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|sysselen|or|syslen|||plural indefinite|sysler||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} syssel c (singular definite sysselen or syslen, plural indefinite sysler), {{da-noun|en|sysler|sg-def-2=syslen}} syssel c (singular definite sysselen or syslen, plural indefinite sysler) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|en|sysler|syslerne|sg-def-2=syslen}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=syslernes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=syslers|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=sysselens|gen-sg-def-2=syslens|gen-sg-indef=syssels|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=syslerne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=sysler|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=sysselen|sg-def-2=syslen|sg-indef=syssel}}, {{da-noun-infl|et|sysler|syslerne|sg-def-2=syslet}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=syslernes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=syslers|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=sysselets|gen-sg-def-2=syslets|gen-sg-indef=syssels|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=syslerne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=sysler|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=sysselet|sg-def-2=syslet|sg-indef=syssel}} Forms: sysselen [definite, singular], syslen [definite, singular], sysler [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], syssel [indefinite, nominative, singular], sysselen [definite, nominative, singular], syslen [definite, nominative, singular], sysler [indefinite, nominative, plural], syslerne [definite, nominative, plural], syssels [genitive, indefinite, singular], sysselens [definite, genitive, singular], syslens [definite, genitive, singular], syslers [genitive, indefinite, plural], syslernes [definite, genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], syssel [indefinite, nominative, singular], sysselet [definite, nominative, singular], syslet [definite, nominative, singular], sysler [indefinite, nominative, plural], syslerne [definite, nominative, plural], syssels [genitive, indefinite, singular], sysselets [definite, genitive, singular], syslets [definite, genitive, singular], syslers [genitive, indefinite, plural], syslernes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. employment, occupation, enterprise (especially a quiet, non-binding, or less strenuous task) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-syssel-da-noun-dBbRC9LH Categories (other): Pages with entries, Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 36 34 7 Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (historical) geographical area that constituted an administrative unit, originally about each of the 14 areas Jutland was divided into until the 16th century, later also about a district on the Faroe Islands, Iceland or Greenland Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-syssel-da-noun-wWUWQU~I Categories (other): Pages with entries, Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 36 34 7 Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sysle, syslen, sysselmand, hjemmesyssel, fritidssyssel, kvindesyssel, småsysler, sysselsætning, sysselsætte
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "da",
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        "3": "sýsla"
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        "definite",
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      "form": "syssel",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "syslernes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "syslerne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "syssels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sysselets",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
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      "word": "hjemmesyssel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fritidssyssel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kvindesyssel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "småsysler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sysselsætning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
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        "geographical area that constituted an administrative unit, originally about each of the 14 areas Jutland was divided into until the 16th century, later also about a district on the Faroe Islands, Iceland or Greenland"
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      "id": "en-syssel-da-noun-wWUWQU~I",
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
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          "administrative"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ],
        [
          "Jutland",
          "Jutland"
        ],
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "Faroe Islands",
          "Faroe Islands"
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        [
          "Iceland",
          "Iceland"
        ],
        [
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      ],
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        "common-gender",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsysəl]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syssel"
}
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    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "syslen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "sysler",
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    {
      "form": "syssel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
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    {
      "form": "sysselen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "syslen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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    {
      "form": "syslerne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "syssels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sysselens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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      "form": "syslers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "syslernes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "sysselet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "syslet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "syslerne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syssels",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "syslets",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "syslernes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "gen-sg-def": "sysselens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "syslens",
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        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "syslerne",
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        "sg-indef": "syssel"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "sysler",
        "3": "syslerne",
        "sg-def-2": "syslet"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "syslernes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "syslers",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "sysselets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "syslets",
        "gen-sg-indef": "syssels",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "syslerne",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "sysler",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "sysselet",
        "sg-def-2": "syslet",
        "sg-indef": "syssel"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sysle"
    },
    {
      "word": "syslen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sysselmand"
    },
    {
      "word": "hjemmesyssel"
    },
    {
      "word": "fritidssyssel"
    },
    {
      "word": "kvindesyssel"
    },
    {
      "word": "småsysler"
    },
    {
      "word": "sysselsætning"
    },
    {
      "word": "sysselsætte"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "employment, occupation, enterprise (especially a quiet, non-binding, or less strenuous task)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ],
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "enterprise",
          "enterprise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "geographical area that constituted an administrative unit, originally about each of the 14 areas Jutland was divided into until the 16th century, later also about a district on the Faroe Islands, Iceland or Greenland"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geographical",
          "geographical"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "administrative",
          "administrative"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ],
        [
          "Jutland",
          "Jutland"
        ],
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "Faroe Islands",
          "Faroe Islands"
        ],
        [
          "Iceland",
          "Iceland"
        ],
        [
          "Greenland",
          "Greenland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) geographical area that constituted an administrative unit, originally about each of the 14 areas Jutland was divided into until the 16th century, later also about a district on the Faroe Islands, Iceland or Greenland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsysəl]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syssel"
}

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