kvæde

See also: kväde

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvɛːdə/, [ˈkʰvɛːðə].
• Rhymes: -ɛːdə

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German quede (“quince”).

Noun

kvæde c (singular definite kvæden, plural indefinite kvæder)

1. quince, Cydonia oblonga

Inflection

Declension of kvæde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvæde	kvæden	kvæder	kvæderne
genitive	kvædes	kvædens	kvæders	kvædernes

Synonyms

• (tree): kvædetræ

Further reading

• kvæde on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷét- (“to say, speak”).

Verb

kvæde (imperative kvæd, infinitive at kvæde, present tense kvæder, past tense kvad, perfect tense har kvædet)

1. to chant, to sing

References

• “kvæde” in Den Danske Ordbog