fremmedlegeme

Danish

Etymology

From fremmed (“foreign”) +‎ legeme (“body”), calque of German Fremdkörper.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /frɛməðlɛːɣəmə/, [ˈfʁamð̩ˌlɛːɪmə], [ˈfʁɑmð̩ˌlɛːmə]

Noun

fremmedlegeme n (singular definite fremmedlegemet, plural indefinite fremmedlegemer)

1. foreign body

Declension

Declension of fremmedlegeme

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fremmedlegeme	fremmedlegemet	fremmedlegemer	fremmedlegemerne
genitive	fremmedlegemes	fremmedlegemets	fremmedlegemers	fremmedlegemernes

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fremmendlegeme

Etymology

From fremmed +‎ legeme.

Noun

fremmedlegeme n (definite singular fremmedlegemet, indefinite plural fremmedlegemer, definite plural fremmedlegema or fremmedlegemene)

1. a foreign body (unwanted object that has entered the body)

References

• “fremmedlegeme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.