blodbad

See also: blóðbað

Danish

Etymology

From blod (“blood”) +‎ bad (“bath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blodbad/, [ˈb̥loðˌb̥að]

Noun

blodbad n (singular definite blodbadet, plural indefinite blodbade)

1. bloodbath, massacre

Inflection

Declension of blodbad

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blodbad	blodbadet	blodbade	blodbadene
genitive	blodbads	blodbadets	blodbades	blodbadenes

Synonyms

• massakre
• nedslagtning

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From blod +‎ bad.

Noun

blodbad n (definite singular blodbadet, indefinite plural blodbad, definite plural blodbada or blodbadene)

1. a bloodbath (massacre)

References

• “blodbad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From blod +‎ bad.

Noun

blodbad n (definite singular blodbadet, indefinite plural blodbad, definite plural blodbada)

1. a bloodbath (massacre)

References

• “blodbad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish blodhbadh, equivalent to blod +‎ bad. Compare German Blutbad, Dutch bloedbad.

Noun

blodbad n

1. bloodbath, massacre

Declension

Declension of blodbad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	blodbad	blodbads
	definite	blodbadet	blodbadets
plural	indefinite	blodbad	blodbads
	definite	blodbaden	blodbadens

See also

• massaker

References

• “blodbad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “blodbad”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “blodbad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• blodhbadh in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L