både
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse báðir (“both”), a combination of Proto-Germanic *bai and the demonstrative pronoun þeir, cf. Old English bā þā (English both) and Old High German beide (German beide).
Conjunction[edit]
både
- both
- in the combinations både ... og "both ... and" and (proscribed) både ... men også, lit. "both ... but also".
Pronoun[edit]
både
- (obsolete) both
- 1805, Adam Oehlenschlaeger, Vaulundurs Saga:
- Konning Nidudr ... greb sit Sværd med baade Hænder. ("King Nidudr ... took the sword with both hands.")
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
“baade, 4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German bate, from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement”), cognate with Dutch baat (“profit”) and Icelandic bati (“recovery”).
Noun[edit]
både c (singular definite båden, plural indefinite båder)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
“baade, 1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle Low German baten, batten, from Proto-Germanic *batāną (“to improve”), cognate with Dutch baten (“to avail”). Doublet of batte.
Verb[edit]
både (imperative båd, infinitive at både, present tense båder, past tense bådede, perfect tense har bådet)
References[edit]
“både, 1” in Den Danske Ordbog “baade, 2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
både c
- indefinite plural of båd
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
både
- both
- både ... og - both ... and
References[edit]
- “både” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse báðir, bæði. Akin to English both.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
både
- both
- både ... og - both ... and
References[edit]
- “både” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish bāþe, from Old Norse báðir (“both”), from Proto-Germanic *bai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₁. Cognate with English both.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
både
- both; each of (out of two)
- Ta med både den lilla och den stora.
- Bring both the little one and the big one.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- [1] in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Further reading[edit]
- både in Svensk ordbok.
Walloon[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
både f
- jenny (female donkey)
See also[edit]
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- Danish lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- wa:Female animals