fremmedord
Danish
editEtymology
editfremmed (“foreign”) + ord (“word”)
Noun
editfremmedord n (singular definite fremmedordet, plural indefinite fremmedord)
- a loanword that has not been assimilated (orthographically, phonologically, inflectionally etc.), and is hence perceived as foreign
- (by extension) a word denoting a concept claimed to be alien to someone
- 2010, Benn Q. Holm, Hafnia punk, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- “Far” var allerede et fremmedord for Luna, “far” var ham der kom en gang om måneden når han alligevel var i nabolaget.
- "Father" was already a foreign notion to Lune, "father" was that guy who came once a month when he happened to be in the neighbourhood.
- 2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 173:
- 2017, Niels Vogel, Bliv voksen!: En bog om de umodne voksne, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 152:
- Empati, som er grundpillen i den sociale intelligens, var i det store og hele et fremmedord for Glistrup, ...
- Empathy, which is the fundamental pillar of social intelligence, was, on the whole, a foreign concept to Glistrup, ...
Declension
editDeclension of fremmedord
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fremmedord | fremmedordet | fremmedord | fremmedordene |
genitive | fremmedords | fremmedordets | fremmedords | fremmedordenes |
Hypernyms
edit- låneord (“loanword”)
Related terms
editReferences
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editfremmedord n (definite singular fremmedordet, indefinite plural fremmedord, definite plural fremmedorda or fremmedordene)
- a foreign word (word taken from another language without being adapted in any way)
Related terms
editSee also
edit- framandord (Nynorsk)
References
edit- “fremmedord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.