verden

See also: Verden

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse verǫld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

verden c (singular definite verdenen or verdnen, plural indefinite verdener or verdner)

  1. world

Usage notes

Not inflected when used as a proper noun; thus the best father in the world translates as verdens bedste far, not *verdnens bedste far, which would mean "the best father in some particular world". On the other hand, the world of fashion, the world I live in becomes modeverdnen, den verden jeg bor i, respectively.

Declension
Declension of verden
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative verden verdenen
verdnen		 verdener
verdner		 verdenerne
verdnerne
genitive verdens verdenens
verdnens		 verdeners
verdners		 verdenernes
verdnernes

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Cf. verd. From Old Norse verǫld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Alternative forms

Noun

verden m (definite singular verdenen, indefinite plural verdener, definite plural verdenene)

  1. world (human collective existence)
Derived terms
Terms derived from verden

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

verden m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of verd

References

Zazaki

Verb

verden

  1. to abandon, release, relinquish
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