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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German vornuft, cognate with German Vernunft. A verbal noun of fornemme. The second part of the word is the noun Old High German numft, from Proto-Germanic *numþiz (“taking”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fornuft c (singular definite fornuften, not used in plural form)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fornuft
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fornuft | fornuften |
| genitive | fornufts | fornuftens |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fornuft” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German vornuft.
Noun
[edit]fornuft m (definite singular fornuften, uncountable)
- reason, sense
- sunn fornuft - common sense
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fornuft” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German vornuft.
Noun
[edit]fornuft f (definite singular fornufta, uncountable)
- reason, sense
- sunn fornuft - common sense
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fornuft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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