både

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See also: bade, Bade, and badé

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse báðir (both), a combination of Proto-Germanic *bai and the demonstrative pronoun þeir, cf. Old English þā (English both) and Old High German beide (German beide).

Conjunction

både

  1. both
    in the combinations både ... og "both ... and" and (proscribed) både ... men også, lit. "both ... but also".

Pronoun

både

  1. (obsolete) both
    • 1805, Adam Oehlenschlaeger, Vaulundurs Saga:
      Konning Nidudr ... greb sit Sværd med baade Hænder. ("King Nidudr ... took the sword with both hands.")
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

baade, 4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bate, from Proto-Germanic *batô (improvement), cognate with Dutch baat (profit) and Icelandic bati (recovery).

Noun

både c (singular definite båden, plural indefinite båder)

  1. (archaic) advantage, profit
Declension

References

baade, 1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German baten, batten, from Proto-Germanic *batāną (to improve), cognate with Dutch baten (to avail). Doublet of batte.

Verb

både (imperative båd, infinitive at både, present tense båder, past tense bådede, perfect tense har bådet)

  1. (dated) to be useful, help

References

både, 1” in Den Danske Ordbogbaade, 2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

både c

  1. indefinite plural of båd

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bæði.

Conjunction

både

  1. both
    både ... og - both ... and

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse báðir, bæði. Akin to English both.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

både

  1. both
    både ... og - both ... and

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bāþe, from Old Norse báðir (both), from Proto-Germanic *bai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₁. Cognate with English both.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

både

  1. both; each of (out of two)
    Ta med både den lilla och den stora.
    Bring both the little one and the big one.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

Walloon

Pronunciation

Noun

både f

  1. jenny (female donkey)

See also