kvæde

See also: kväde

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvɛːðə/, [ˈkʰʋ̥ɛːð̩].
• Rhymes: -ɛːdə

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German quede (“quince”), from Latin cydōnium (quidōnium), from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον μῆλον (kudṓnion mêlon), lit. "apples from the city of Kydonia" (modern Chania on Crete). Compare also German Quitte (hence Swedish kvitten). English quince comes via French coing from a different Latin form, cotōneum.

Noun

kvæde c (singular definite kvæden, plural indefinite kvæder)

1. quince (the tree Cydonia oblonga)
2. quince (the fruits from the tree Cydonia oblonga)

Declension

Declension of kvæde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvæde	kvæden	kvæder	kvæderne
genitive	kvædes	kvædens	kvæders	kvædernes

Derived terms

• kvædete
• kvædetræ

References

• “kvæde,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• kvæde on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”), cognate with English quoth (“said”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (qiþan, “to say”).

Verb

kvæde (past tense kvad, past participle kvædet)

1. (dated) to chant, sing

Conjugation

Inflection of kvæde

	present	past
simple	kvæder	kvad
perfect	har kvædet	havde kvædet
passive	kvædes	—
participle	kvædende	kvædet
imperative	kvæd	—
infinitive	kvæde	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	kvæden	—

Derived terms

• halvkvædet

References

• “kvæde,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kvæði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kveːə/

Noun

kvæde n (definite singular kvædet, indefinite plural kvæde, definite plural kvæda or kvædi)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of kvede

Derived terms

• Draumkvædet
• eddakvæde
• skaldekvæde

References

• “kvæde” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring