Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German macht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, derived from the verb from *maganą (to be able). Cognate with English might and German Macht. The Old Norse form was máttr (from *mahtuz).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈmɑɡ̊d̥]

Noun

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magt c (singular definite magten, plural indefinite magter)

  1. power
  2. force

Declension

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Gothic

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Romanization

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magt

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐍄

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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magt f (definite singular magti, indefinite plural magter, definite plural magterne or magtene)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of makt