hovedstad
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse hǫfuðstaðr, equivalent to hoved- (“main”) + stad (“city”). In the modern language influenced by German Hauptstadt.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithovedstad c (singular definite hovedstaden, plural indefinite hovedstæder)
Declension
editDeclension of hovedstad
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hovedstad | hovedstaden | hovedstæder | hovedstæderne |
genitive | hovedstads | hovedstadens | hovedstæders | hovedstædernes |
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
edithovedstad m (definite singular hovedstaden, indefinite plural hovedsteder, definite plural hovedstedene)
- capital (city), or capital city
See also
edit- hovudstad (Nynorsk)
References
edit- “hovedstad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms prefixed with hoved-
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- Danish nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with hoved-
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns