embedsmand

Danish

Etymology

From embede (“office, post”) +‎ -s- +‎ mand (“man”), from Old Norse embættismaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmbedsmand/, [ˈɛmb̥eðsˌmanˀ]

Noun

embedsmand c (singular definite embedsmanden, plural indefinite embedsmænd)

1. official, public officer
2. civil servant

Inflection

Declension of embedsmand

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	embedsmand	embedsmanden	embedsmænd	embedsmændene
genitive	embedsmands	embedsmandens	embedsmænds	embedsmændenes

Further reading

• embedsmand on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da