dannelse

Danish

Etymology

danne +‎ -else

Noun

dannelse c (singular definite dannelsen, not used in plural form)

1. coming into being, formation
   • 2006, Astrid Jespersen, Verden over: en introduktion til stats- og livsformsteorien og dens aktuelle anvendelse i etnologien, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 143:

     I denne artikel analyseres de komplekse og konfliktfyldte målsætninger, som lå bag dannelsen af den israelske stat: Israel som jødisk stat, Israel som socialistisk stat, Israel som demokratisk stat og Israel som nationalstat.

     In this article, the complex and controversial goals that lay behind the formation of the Israeli state: Israel as a Jewish state, Israel as a socialist state, Israel as a democratic state and Israel as a national state, will be analyzed.

   • 2003, Himmel og Hav, Iver C Weilbach, →ISBN, page 75:

     En afgørende betingelse for dannelse af tornadoer er, at havtemperaturen er over 26°.

     A crucial condition for the formation of tornadoes is that the sea temperature must exceed 26 degrees.

2. culturedness, cultivatedness

Declension

Declension of dannelse

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dannelse	dannelsen
genitive	dannelses	dannelsens

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From danne +‎ -else.

Noun

dannelse m (definite singular dannelsen, indefinite plural dannelser, definite plural dannelsene)

1. formation
2. culturedness, cultivatedness

Alternative forms

• danning

Derived terms

• tilbakedannelse

References

• “dannelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.