ombudsmand

Danish

Etymology

From ombud (“public duty”) +‎ mand (“man”), from Old Danish umbuzman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr (“commissary, steward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔmbuðsman/, [ˈʌmb̥uðsˌmanˀ]

Noun

ombudsmand c (singular definite ombudsmanden, plural indefinite ombudsmænd)

1. ombudsman

Inflection

Declension of ombudsmand

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ombudsmand	ombudsmanden	ombudsmænd	ombudsmændene
genitive	ombudsmands	ombudsmandens	ombudsmænds	ombudsmændenes

Further reading

• ombudsmand on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da