velfærdsstat
Danish edit
Etymology edit
velfærd (“welfare”) + stat (“state”). Calque of German Wohlfahrtsstaat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
velfærdsstat
- welfare state (a society in which the state takes a major responsibility in supporting the social welfare of all citizens, typical of the Scandinavian countries in the 20th century)
- Synonym: velfærdssamfund
Declension edit
Declension of velfærdsstat
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | velfærdsstat | velfærdsstaten | velfærdsstater | velfærdsstaterne |
genitive | velfærdsstats | velfærdsstatens | velfærdsstaters | velfærdsstaternes |