kvinde
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Danish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- quinde (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse kvenna, the genitive plural indefinite of kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Related to English queen via Proto-Germanic *kwēniz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kvinde c (singular definite kvinden, plural indefinite kvinder)
- A woman.
Inflection[edit]
Declension of kvinde
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kvinde | kvinden | kvinder | kvinderne |
| genitive | kvindes | kvindens | kvinders | kvindernes |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
kvinde on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
