avantgarde
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See also: avant-garde and Avantgarde
English
Noun
avantgarde (plural avantgardes)
- Alternative form of avant-garde.
Adjective
avantgarde (comparative more avantgarde, superlative most avantgarde)
- Alternative form of avant-garde.
Danish
Etymology
From French avant-garde.
Noun
avantgarde c (singular definite avantgarden, plural indefinite avantgarder)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | avantgarde | avantgarden | avantgarder | avantgarderne |
| genitive | avantgardes | avantgardens | avantgarders | avantgardernes |
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French avant-garde.
Noun
avantgarde m (definite singular avantgarden, indefinite plural avantgarder, definite plural avantgardene)
References
- “avantgarde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “avantgarde” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French avant-garde.
Noun
avantgarde m (definite singular avantgarden, indefinite plural avantgardar, definite plural avantgardane)
References
- “avantgarde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French avant-garde. Compare arriärgarde.
Noun
avantgarde n
- avant-garde (experimental art)
- (obsolete) vanguard
- Synonym: förtrupp
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | avantgarde | avantgardes |
| definite | avantgardet | avantgardets | |
| plural | indefinite | avantgarden | avantgardens |
| definite | avantgardena | avantgardenas |