eventyr

Danish

FWOTD – 2 April 2017

Alternative forms

• æventyr (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Low German eventǖr(e), cognate with German Abenteuer (late Old Norse æfintýr and Swedish äventyr are also from Low German). The word is borrowed from Middle French a(d)venture (hence also English adventure), from Latin adventūra (“things that will happen”), a future participle of the verb adveniō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːvəntyːˀɐ/, [ˈeːʊnˌtˢyˀɐ̯], [ˈeːʊnˌt͡sʰyɒ̯̽ˀ]

Noun

eventyr n (singular definite eventyret, plural indefinite eventyr)

1. adventure
2. fairy tale, folktale
   • 2012, Johannes Møllehave, H.C. Andersens salt:

     I eventyrene overvindes modstandene, ensomheden, sårbarheden, følelsen af at være forfordelt, uden Gud og uden mennesker.

     In the fairy tales, the resistances, the loneliness, the vulnerability and the feeling of not having received one's due are conquered without God and without people.

   • 2010, Hans Ulrik Schwartzbach, Asta Og Frida, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 41:

     ”Ved I det ikke? Dem der skriver eventyrene, de har gået på eventyrets vej, og der har de oplevet eventyrene, og så har de skrevet dem ned”, sagde damen.

     ”Do you not know? The ones who write the fairy tales, they have walked on the way of the fairy tale, and there they have experienced the fairy tales, and then they have written them down”, said the lady.

   • 2005, Gyldendals Psykologihåndbog, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 313:

     Dermed afspejler eventyrets handling det jaloux barns oplevelse. Og det tager barnets angst alvorligt,...

     Thus, the events of the fairy tale reflect the experience of the jealous child. And it takes the child's angst seriously,...

Declension

Declension of eventyr

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eventyr	eventyret	eventyr	eventyrene
genitive	eventyrs	eventyrets	eventyrs	eventyrenes

Derived terms

• (fairy tale): folkeeventyr, kunsteventyr, eventyrlig
• (adventure): eventyrer

References

• “eventyr” in Den Danske Ordbog
• eventyr on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish eventyr, from late Old Norse æfintýr, from Middle Low German eventü̂r, from Middle French adventure (“aventure”).

Noun

eventyr n (definite singular eventyret, indefinite plural eventyr, definite plural eventyra or eventyrene)

1. an adventure

   Er du klar til nye eventyr?

   Are you ready for new adventures?

2. fairy tale (a folktale)
3. something exceptionally great

References

• “eventyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• æventyr
• æventy, ævinty, ævuntyr, øventyr, øventi, æmtyr, æventy, eventøyr (dialectal)

Etymology

From late Old Norse æfintýr, from Middle Low German eventü̂r, from Middle French adventure (“aventure”).

Noun

eventyr n (definite singular eventyret, indefinite plural eventyr, definite plural eventyra)

1. an adventure
2. fairy tale (a folktale)
3. something exceptionally great

References

• “eventyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.