verden

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Danish werdhen, originally singular definite form of wæræld, wærild, wærælde, from Old Norse verǫld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, cognate with Swedish värld, English world, German Welt, Dutch wereld. The original indefinite form in Old Danish was rarely used, to the extent that the definite form eventually replaced the indefinite form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

verden c (singular definite verden, plural indefinite verdener or verdner)

  1. world

Usage notes[edit]

  • The definite form is verden, but verdenen exists as an unofficial variant, which is, however, accepted in compounds, e.g. drømmeverdenen.

Inflection[edit]

Declension of verden
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative verden verden verdner
verdener 		verdnerne
verdenerne
genitive verdens verdens verdners
verdeners 		verdnernes
verdenernes

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Danish verden, from Old Danish werdhen, originally singular definite form of wæræld, wærild, wærælde, from Old Norse verǫld, whence verd, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. The original indefenite form was rarely used so much so the definite form was interpreted as the indefinite form, hence the etymology.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

verden m (definite singular verden or verdenen, indefinite plural verdener, definite plural verdenene)

  1. world (human collective existence)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

verden m or f

  1. definite singular of verd

References[edit]

Zazaki[edit]

Verb[edit]

verden

  1. to abandon, release, relinquish
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