fregne

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse freknur pl, s-less variant of Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to strew, sprinkle”), see also Latin spargo (“I strew, spray”).

Noun

fregne c (singular definite fregnen, plural indefinite fregner)

1. freckle

Inflection

Declension of fregne

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fregne	fregnen	fregner	fregnerne
genitive	fregnes	fregnens	fregners	fregnernes

Italian

Noun

fregne f

1. plural of fregna

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fregne f or m (definite singular fregna or fregnen, indefinite plural fregner, definite plural fregnene)

1. freckle

Related terms

• fregnet, fregnete

See also

• frekne (Nynorsk)

References

• “fregne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.