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Danish
Etymology
Compound of egen + nytte. Cognate of Swedish egennytta, German Eigennutz.
Noun
egennytte c (singular definite egennytten, not used in plural form)
- selfishness, egoism, self-interest
- Synonym: selviskhed
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