kvinde

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kvenna, the genitive plural indefinite of kona (woman, wife), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (woman).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰvenə/, /ˈkʰvɪnə/

Noun

kvinde c (singular definite kvinden, plural indefinite kvinder)

  1. A woman.

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