samkvem

Danish

Noun

samkvem n

1. act of being together or associated
   • 2016, Andreas Johannsen, Danske læger under nazismen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Unødig samkvem med tyskere

     Unnecessary fraternizing with Germans

   • 1979, Søkortarkivet (Denmark)., Den Danske lods

     Fra et skib må der ikke ske samkvem med personer i land, før epidemikommissionen eller den, kommissionen har bemyndiget hertil, har meddelt tilladelse til frit samkvem.

     From a ship, there must be no being-together-with people on land before the epidemic commission or whoever the commission has authorized to act in this capacity, has given permission to unrestricted together-being.

   • 2010, Kasper Støvring, Sammenhængskraft, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Ifølge en rapport fra tænketanken World Economic Forum fra 2008 opfatter 79 procent af danskerne større samkvem med den muslimske verden som en trussel.

     According to a report from the thinktank World Economic Forum from 2008, 79 percent of Danes consider greater contact with the muslim world a threat.

2. (dated) sexual intercourse
   • 2013, Haruki Murakami, translated by unknown, Efter skælvet, Klim, →ISBN:

     Derfor havde jeg kærlighedsløst samkvem med adskillige mænd. Ved du, hvad det vil sige at have samkvem?” Det gjorde han da, svarede Yoshiya. Når det handlede om det seksuelle, brugte hans mor tit håbløst forældede ord.

     I therefore had loveless intercourse with several men. Do you know what it means to have intercourse?" Certainly he did, Yoshiya replied. When it came to sexual matters, his mother often used hopelessly outdated words.

   • 2014, P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, anonymous translator, Nattens hus #10: Skjult, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:

     ... fordi Dragen tog ham i at 'dyrke samkvem med en yngling'?“

     ... because The Dragon caught him 'having intercourse with a youngster'?"

   • 2017, TruthBeTold Ministry, Dansk Parallel Bibel: Dansk 1931 - Dansk 1871, TruthBeTold Ministry (PublishDrive) (→ISBN)

     Og denne er den Gerning, som I skulle gøre: Alt Mandkøn og alle Kvinder, som have haft Samkvem med nogen Mand, skulle I ødelægge.

     And this is the deed that you must execute: All of the male sex and all women who have had intercourse with any man, you must destroy.

Declension

Declension of samkvem

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	samkvem	samkvemmet
genitive	samkvems	samkvemmets

References

• “samkvem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse samkvæmd.

Noun

samkvem n (definite singular samkvemmet, uncountable)

1. contact, intercourse, communication, company

References

• “samkvem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “samkvem” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse samkvæmd.

Noun

samkvem n (definite singular samkvemmet, uncountable)

1. contact, intercourse, communication, company

References

• “samkvem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.