beskaffenhet
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From beskaffen + -het, compare with German Beschaffenheit.
Noun[edit]
beskaffenhet f or m (definite singular beskaffenheta or beskaffenheten, indefinite plural beskaffenheter, definite plural beskaffenhetene)
References[edit]
- “beskaffenhet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
beskaffad (“constituted”) + -het (“-ness, -ity”)
Noun[edit]
beskaffenhet c
- nature, character
- Masugnarna indelas efter bränslets beskaffenhet i träkols- och koksmasugnar
- Blast furnaces are categorized by the character of the fuel in charcoal and coke furnaces
Usage notes[edit]
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of beskaffenhet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | beskaffenhet | beskaffenheten | — | — |
| Genitive | beskaffenhets | beskaffenhetens | — | — |
References[edit]
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -het
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Swedish terms suffixed with -het
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples