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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to sam- (“co-”) + fund (“finding, (obsolete) meeting”). From Old Norse samfundr (“gathering”), cognate with Norwegian samfunn, Swedish samfund.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]samfund n (singular definite samfundet, plural indefinite samfund, in compounds: samfunds-)
- society (a group of people living together in an area or the institutions of such a group)
- society, community (an association of people sharing common beliefs)
- (archaic) social intercourse
Declension
[edit]Declension of samfund
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | samfund | samfundet | samfund | samfundene |
genitive | samfunds | samfundets | samfunds | samfundenes |
Derived terms
[edit]- bysamfund
- industrisamfund
- informationssamfund
- lokalsamfund
- munkesamfund
- plantesamfund
- samfundsborger
- samfundsfag
- samfundsform
- samfundsforpligtelse
- samfundsgavnlig
- samfundskundskab
- samfundslag
- samfundsliv
- samfundsmæssig
- samfundsnyttig
- samfundsorden
- samfundsrelevant
- samfundssind
- samfundssyn
- samfundstjeneste
- samfundsudvikling
- samfundsvidenskab
- samfundsændring
- samfundsøkonomi
- sprogsamfund
- trossamfund
- velsfærdsamfund
References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]samfund n (definite singular samfundet, indefinite plural samfund, definite plural samfunda)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse samfundr, equivalent to sam- (“co-”) + fund (“meeting, get-together”).
Noun
[edit]samfund n
- a federation (especially of religious organizations)
Declension
[edit]Declension of samfund
Related terms
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- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-1938 forms
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms prefixed with sam-
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