selv
See also: selv-
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include English self and German selbst, selber. The sense "even" is probably influenced by German.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
selv
Usage notes edit
Added after a pronoun or a noun.
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: selv
Adverb edit
selv
Etymology 2 edit
From the pronoun selv. Calque of English self (and German Selbst).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
selv n (singular definite selvet, not used in plural form)
- self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
Declension edit
Declension of selv
neuter gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | selv | selvet |
genitive | selvs | selvets |
See also edit
- selv on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Danish selv, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
selv
- (in the singular) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
- (in the plural) ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Derived terms edit
- selv om
- selvangivelse
- selvantenne
- selvbestemmelse
- selvbetjent
- selvbiografi
- selvdisiplinert
- selvforsvar
- selvfølelse
- selvgod
- selvgående
- selvheftende
- selvhjelp (hjelp til selvhjelp)
- selvkritikk
- selvlært
- selvmord
- selvmotsigende
- selvmål
- selvportrett
- selvpublisere
- selvpåført
- selvsikker
- selvskading
- selvstyre
- selvstyrende
- selvstyrt
- selvtillit
- selvundersøkelse
Related terms edit
See also edit
- sjølv (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “selv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.