sætning
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sætte (“to set”) + -ning (“action of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sætning c (singular definite sætningen, plural indefinite sætninger)
- (grammar) sentence (a series of words forming a defined unity and expressing an assertion, question or request)
- (grammar) clause (a finite verb with its subject and modifiers)
- (carpentry) set (punch for setting nails in wood)
- (mathematics) theorem.
- (navigation) power of a ship.
- (printing) composition (way of placing letters onto paper or other objects that can be done either by hand or with typesetting)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sætning
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sætning | sætningen | sætninger | sætningerne |
| genitive | sætnings | sætningens | sætningers | sætningernes |
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Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “sætning” in Den Danske Ordbog