væsen in Danish

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

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "wesen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "existence"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German wesen (“existence”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "de",
        "3": "Wesen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "essence, character"
      },
      "expansion": "German Wesen (“essence, character”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wesaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "være"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish være",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German wesen (“existence”), German Wesen (“essence, character”), originally an infinitive, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) (= Danish være).",
  "forms": [
    {
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "væsner",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "væsen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "væsnet",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "væsnerne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "væsens",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "væsnets",
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      ]
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      "form": "væsners",
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    },
    {
      "form": "væsnernes",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "9": "plural indefinite",
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        "1": "et",
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        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "væsnets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "væsens",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
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        "pl-indef": "væsner",
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          "english": "an odd creature",
          "text": "et sært væsen"
        }
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        {
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          "text": "Om stoffets væsen."
        }
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    {
      "other": "[ˈvɛˀsən]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "væsen"
}

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    "Danish neuter nouns",
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    "Danish terms borrowed from German",
    "Danish terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from German",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "name": "head"
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      },
      "expansion": "væsen n (singular definite væsnet, plural indefinite væsner)",
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    }
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      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "væsnernes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
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        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "væsnets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "væsens",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "væsnerne",
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        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "væsner",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
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        "sg-indef": "væsen"
      },
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "an odd creature",
          "text": "et sært væsen"
        }
      ],
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          "creature"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "On the nature of matter.",
          "text": "Om stoffets væsen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nature"
      ],
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        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "[ˈvɛˀsən]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "creature",
      "word": "skabning"
    },
    {
      "sense": "nature",
      "word": "natur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "væsen"
}

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"væsen" meaning in Danish

Noun

Inflected forms