lejlighed

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German legelichēt (“situation”), form the adjective legelik (“situated”). Compare Middle Low German legenhēt (“situation, opportunity”) (whence Swedish lägenhet (“apartment”)) from legen (“lying”) and German Gelegenheit (“opportunity”) from gelegen (“lying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɑjliˌheðˀ]

Noun

lejlighed c (singular definite lejligheden, plural indefinite lejligheder)

1. apartment, flat
2. opportunity
3. occasion

Inflection

Declension of lejlighed

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lejlighed	lejligheden	lejligheder	lejlighederne
genitive	lejligheds	lejlighedens	lejligheders	lejlighedernes

Further reading

• lejlighed on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da