komposition

See also: Komposition

Danish

Etymology

From Latin compositiō (“composition, arrangement”), from Latin compōnō (“to arrange, to construct”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komposisjoːn/, [kʰɔmpʰosiˈɕoːˀn], /kɔmposisjoːn/, [kʰʌmpʰosiˈɕoːˀn]

Noun

komposition c (singular definite kompositionen, plural indefinite kompositioner)

1. composition

Inflection

Declension of komposition

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	komposition	kompositionen	kompositioner	kompositionerne
genitive	kompositions	kompositionens	kompositioners	kompositionernes

Related terms

• kompositionel (adjective)

Further reading

• komposition on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Finnish

Noun

komposition

1. genitive singular of kompositio

Swedish

Noun

komposition c

1. composition (how something (especially a piece of art) is put together)
2. (music, countable, uncountable) composition

   att komponera musik kallas komposition

   composing music is called composition

   Hennes senaste komposition

   Her latest composition

Usage notes

Sammansättning is more common in the more general sense of how something is put together.

Declension

Declension of komposition

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	komposition	kompositions
	definite	kompositionen	kompositionens
plural	indefinite	kompositioner	kompositioners
	definite	kompositionerna	kompositionernas

Derived terms

• färgkomposition
• kompositionsform

Related terms

• komponera
• kompositör

See also

• alster
• tonsättning
• verk

References

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