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kilde

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kilə/, [ˈkʰilə], [ˈkʰill̩]

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse kelda, from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ, cognate with Norwegian kjelde, Swedish källa. Derived from *kaldaz (“kold”).

Noun edit

kilde c (singular definite kilden, plural indefinite kilder)

  1. spring, fountain, source (a place where water emerges from the ground)
  2. (figuratively) source, fountain, fount (a person or a thing from which something comes)
Declension edit
Declension of kilde
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kilde kilden kilder kilderne
genitive kildes kildens kilders kildernes

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, cognate with Swedish kittla, English kittle, German kitzeln.

Verb edit

kilde (imperative kild, infinitive at kilde, present tense kilder, past tense kildede, perfect tense har kildet)

  1. to tickle
Conjugation edit
Inflection of kilde
present past
simple kilder kildede
perfect har kildet havde kildet
passive kildes kildedes
participle kildende kildet
imperative kild —
infinitive kilde —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund kilden —
Synonyms edit

References edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kelda.

Noun edit

kilde m (definite singular kilden, indefinite plural kilder, definite plural kildene)

  1. spring (a place where water emerges from the ground)
  2. source
  3. fountain
  4. fount

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