urtid
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom ur- (“original”) + tid (“time”). Calque of German Urzeit.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editurtid c (singular definite urtiden, not used in plural form)
- an unspecified time period extremely long ago, prehistoric times
Inflection
editDeclension of urtid
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | urtid | urtiden |
| genitive | urtids | urtidens |
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Urzeit. Equivalent to ur- (“primeval”) + tid (“time”). Attested since 1806.
Noun
editurtid c
- primeval times (of for example the Earth or humans), the oldest times
- (geology, dated) the Precambrian
- Synonym: prekambrium
Declension
edit| Declension of urtid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | urtid | urtiden | — | — |
| Genitive | urtids | urtidens | — | — |
Derived terms
editReferences
editCategories:
- Danish terms prefixed with ur-
- Danish terms calqued from German
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish terms prefixed with ur-
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Geology
- Swedish dated terms