tomgang in Danish

Forms: tomgangen [definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], tomgang [indefinite, nominative, singular], tomgangen [definite, nominative, singular], tomgangs [genitive, indefinite, singular], tomgangens [definite, genitive, singular] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Compound of tom (“empty”) + gang (“going, walk”) Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|da|tom|gang|t1=empty|t2=going, walk}} Compound of tom (“empty”) + gang (“going, walk”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|tomgangen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|not used in plural form|||-||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} tomgang c (singular definite tomgangen, not used in plural form), {{da-noun|en|-}} tomgang c (singular definite tomgangen, not used in plural form) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|en|n=sg}}, {{da-noun-infl-unc-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=tomgangenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=tomgangs|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=tomgangens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=tomgangs|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=tomgangene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=tomgang|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=tomgangen|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=tomgang}}

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"tomgang" meaning in Danish

Noun