bamse
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Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bamse c (singular definite bamsen, plural indefinite bamser)
- teddy bear
- (informal) bear
- a burly man
Inflection
Declension of bamse
Synonyms
- (bear): bjørn
- (teddy bear): teddybjørn
- (burly man): bamsefar
Further reading
bamse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da- “bamse” in Den Danske Ordbog
Greenlandic
Etymology
Noun
bamse
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
bamse m (definite singular bamsen, indefinite plural bamsar, definite plural bamsane)
- a teddy bear
- a bear
- Synonym: bjørn
- a big clumsy person
Descendants
References
- “bamse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Related to Norwegian Nynorsk bamse
Noun
bamse c
- (colloquial, often endearing) a bear
- Synonym: nalle
- Barnen fick mata den snälla bamsen
- The children got to feed the kind bear
- (colloquial) something large, a biggun
- Synonym: bamsing
- Wow! Vilken bamse.
- Wow! That's a biggun.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bamse | bamses |
| definite | bamsen | bamsens | |
| plural | indefinite | bamsar | bamsars |
| definite | bamsarna | bamsarnas |
See also
- baddare
- bjässe
- schabrak
- teddybjörn (“teddy bear”)
- åbäke