almue

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish almughe, from Old Norse almúgi, almúgr, consists of the two words, al (“all”) +‎ mue (“mass”) (obsolete). Literally entire mass of people. Word only found in North Germanic languages.

Cognates

Swedish allmoge, Norwegian Nynorsk ålmuge, Icelandic almúgi, Faroese almúgi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalˌmuːə/

Noun

almue c (singular definite almuen, not used in plural form)

1. (chiefly historical) farmer population "common folk" "lower class" (occasionally offensive)

Inflection

Declension of almue

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	almue	almuen
genitive	almues	almuens

Derived terms

• almuekunst
• almuekultur
• almueskole
• almuegrøn

See also

• proletar
• fattigrøv

References

• “almue” in Den Danske Ordbog