verdslig

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From verden (“world”) +‎ -lig. Compare Swedish världslig, English worldly, German weltlich. Calque of Latin saeculāris, from saeculum (“generation, age, this world”) +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

verdslig (neuter verdsligt, plural and definite singular attributive verdslige)

  1. temporal, secular, worldly (of or relating to the material world)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

verd (“world”) +‎ -lig, from Old Norse veraldligr

Adjective[edit]

verdslig (neuter singular verdslig, definite singular and plural verdslige)

  1. worldly, secular

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