kompass

See also: Kompass

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

kompass (genitive kompassi, partitive kompassi)

1. compass

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “kompass”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Latvian

Noun

kompass m (1st declension)

1. compass

Declension

Declension of kompass (1st)

	singular	plural
nominative	kompass	kompasi
genitive	kompasa	kompasu
dative	kompasam	kompasiem
accusative	kompasu	kompasus
instrumental	kompasu	kompasiem
locative	kompasā	kompasos
vocative	kompas	kompasi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kompáss (“circle”), and Italian compasso, from compassare (“measure with a pair of compasses”).

Noun

kompass n (definite singular kompasset, indefinite plural kompass or kompasser, definite plural kompassa or kompassene)

1. a compass

References

• “kompass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kompáss (“circle”), and Italian compasso, from compassare (“measure with a pair of compasses”).

Noun

kompass n (definite singular kompasset, indefinite plural kompass, definite plural kompassa)

1. a compass

References

• “kompass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en kompass

Noun

kompass c

1. a compass (navigational compass)
2. (figuratively) a compass (something that guides)

   moralisk kompass

   moral compass

Declension

Declension of kompass

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kompass	kompass
	definite	kompassen	kompassens
plural	indefinite	kompasser	kompassers
	definite	kompasserna	kompassernas

Derived terms

• kompassriktning

References

• “kompass”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kompass”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kompass”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)