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kvinde

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kvenna, the genitive plural indefinite of kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Related to English queen via Proto-Germanic *kwēniz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkvenə/, [ˈkʰʋ̥e̝nə], [ˈkʰʋ̥e̝nn̩]

Noun

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kvinde c (singular definite kvinden, plural indefinite kvinder)

  1. A woman.

Inflection

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Declension of kvinde
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvinde kvinden kvinder kvinderne
genitive kvindes kvindens kvinders kvindernes

Derived terms

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