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Danish
Adjective
folkevalgt (neuter folkevalgt, plural and definite singular attributive folkevalgte)
- elected by the populace at large
- Bør vi betingelsesløst anerkende legitimiteten af tyranner, blot fordi de er folkevalgte?
- Ought we to unconditionally recognize the legitimacy of tyrants, merely because they are elected by the people?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From folk + -e- + valgt (“past participle of velge”).
Adjective
folkevalgt (neuter singular folkevalgt, definite singular and plural folkevalgte)
- elected (by popular vote, by the common people)
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