havfrue
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
havfrue (plural havfrues)
- (mythology) A type of mermaid of Danish folklore.
- 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 153:
- A girl one time fell into the power of a Havfrue and passed fifteen years in her submarine abode without ever seeing the sun.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)
Inflection edit
Declension of havfrue
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | havfrue | havfruen | havfruer | havfruerne |
genitive | havfrues | havfruens | havfruers | havfruernes |
References edit
“havfrue” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
havfrue f or m (definite singular havfrua or havfruen, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)
References edit
- “havfrue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
havfrue f (definite singular havfrua, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)
References edit
- “havfrue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.