både

See also: bade, Bade, and badé

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːðə/, [ˈb̥ɔðð̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse báðir (“both”), a combination of Proto-Germanic *bai and the demonstrative pronoun þeir, cf. Old English bā þā (English both) and Old High German beide (German beide).

Conjunction

både

1. both

   in the combinations både ... og "both ... and" and (proscribed) både ... men også, lit. "both ... but also".

Pronoun

både

1. (obsolete) both
   • 1805, Adam Oehlenschlaeger, Vaulundurs Saga:

     Konning Nidudr ... greb sit Sværd med baade Hænder. ("King Nidudr ... took the sword with both hands.")

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

“baade, 4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bate, from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement”), cognate with Dutch baat (“profit”) and Icelandic bati (“recovery”).

Noun

både c (singular definite båden, plural indefinite båder)

1. (archaic) advantage, profit

Declension

Declension of både

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	både	båden	båder	båderne
genitive	bådes	bådens	båders	bådernes

References

“baade, 1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German baten, batten, from Proto-Germanic *batāną (“to improve”), cognate with Dutch baten (“to avail”). Doublet of batte.

Verb

både (imperative båd, infinitive at både, present tense båder, past tense bådede, perfect tense har bådet)

1. (dated) to be useful, help

References

“både, 1” in Den Danske Ordbog “baade, 2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

både c

1. indefinite plural of båd

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bæði.

Conjunction

både

1. both

   både ... og - both ... and

References

• “både” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse báðir, bæði. Akin to English both.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːdə/

Conjunction

både

1. both

   både ... og - both ... and

References

• “både” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bāþe, from Old Norse báðir (“both”), from Proto-Germanic *bai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₁. Cognate with English both.

Pronunciation

• (Central Sweden) IPA^(key): /²boːdɛ/, [²boə̯d̪ɛ̠]
• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ˈboːde/

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Conjunction

både

1. both; each of (out of two)

   Ta med både den lilla och den stora.

   Bring both the little one and the big one.

Derived terms

• både och

Related terms

• båda

References

• [1] in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

• både in Svensk ordbok.

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːt/

Noun

både f

1. jenny (female donkey)

See also

• bådet