substans

See also: substans'

Danish

Etymology

From Late Latin substantia. Cognate with French substance, German Substanz, Swedish substans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /substans/, [sub̥ˈsd̥anˀs]

Noun

substans c (singular definite substansen, plural indefinite substanser)

1. substance

Declension

Declension of substans

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	substans	substansen	substanser	substanserne
genitive	substans'	substansens	substansers	substansernes

Synonyms

• (matter): stof
• (essential part): kerne

References

• “substans” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “substans” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊp.stãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsub.stans]
• Hyphenation: sub‧stāns

Participle

substāns (genitive substantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. present active participle of substō

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	substāns			substantēs	substantia
genitive	substantis			substantium
dative	substantī			substantibus
accusative	substantem	substāns		substantēs substantīs	substantia
ablative	substante substantī1			substantibus
vocative	substāns			substantēs	substantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin substantia.

Noun

substans m (definite singular substansen, indefinite plural substanser, definite plural substansene)

1. substance

References

• “substans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin substantia.

Noun

substans m (definite singular substansen, indefinite plural substansar, definite plural substansane)

1. substance

References

• “substans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

substans c

1. a substance ((type of) matter with (high-level) constant chemical composition and characteristic properties)

   en giftig substans

   a poisonous substance

   hjärnsubstans

   brain matter

2. substance (true or meaningful content)

   Ryktena saknar helt substans

   The rumors are completely without substance

Declension

Declension of substans

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	substans	substans
	definite	substansen	substansens
plural	indefinite	substanser	substansers
	definite	substanserna	substansernas

Derived terms

• signalsubstans (“neurotransmitter”)
• substanslös

Further reading

• “substans”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “substans”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “substans”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)