fiksstjerne

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Etymology

From fiks (“fixed”) +‎ stjerne (“star”), calque of Latin stēlla fīxa. Compare also English fixed star, German Fixstern. The term refers to the fact that its relative position in the sky seems constant (or the medieval belief that the stars are set on a sphere concentric to Earth), as opposed to vandrestjerner (“wandering stars”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fiksstjerne c (singular definite fiksstjernen, plural indefinite fiksstjerner)

  1. (astronomy, obsolete) a fixed star

Declension

Declension of fiksstjerne
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fiksstjerne fiksstjernen fiksstjerner fiksstjernerne
genitive fiksstjernes fiksstjernens fiksstjerners fiksstjernernes
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