bamse
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bamse c (singular definite bamsen, plural indefinite bamser)
- teddy bear
- (informal) bear
- a burly man
Inflection[edit]
Declension of bamse
Synonyms[edit]
- (bear): bjørn
- (teddy bear): teddybjørn
- (burly man): bamsefar
Further reading[edit]
bamse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da- “bamse” in Den Danske Ordbog
Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
bamse
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
bamse m (definite singular bamsen, indefinite plural bamsar, definite plural bamsane)
- a teddy bear
- a bear
- Synonym: bjørn
- a big clumsy person
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “bamse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Norwegian Nynorsk bamse
Noun[edit]
bamse c
- (colloquial, often endearing) a bear
- Synonym: nalle
- Barnen fick mata den snälla bamsen
- The children got to feed the kind bear
- (colloquial) something large, a biggun
- Synonym: bamsing
- Wow! Vilken bamse.
- Wow! That's a biggun.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of bamse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bamse | bamsen | bamsar | bamsarna |
| Genitive | bamses | bamsens | bamsars | bamsarnas |
See also[edit]
- baddare
- bjässe
- schabrak
- teddybjörn (“teddy bear”)
- åbäke
References[edit]
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