samfund

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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]

  • IPA(key): /samfonˀ/, [ˈsɑmˌfɔnˀ]

Noun[edit]

samfund n (singular definite samfundet, plural indefinite samfund, in compounds: samfunds-)

  1. society (a group of people living together in an area or the institutions of such a group)
  2. society, community (an association of people sharing common beliefs)
  3. (archaic) social intercourse

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

samfund n (definite singular samfundet, indefinite plural samfund, definite plural samfunda)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of samfunn

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse samfundr, equivalent to sam- (co-) +‎ fund (meeting, get-together).

Noun[edit]

samfund n

  1. a federation (especially of religious organizations)

Declension[edit]

Declension of samfund 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative samfund samfundet samfund samfunden
Genitive samfunds samfundets samfunds samfundens

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