havfrue

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English

Etymology

From Danish havfrue.

Noun

havfrue (plural havfrues)

  1. (mythology) A type of mermaid of Danish folklore.
    • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 153:
      A girl one time fell into the power of a Havfrue and passed fifteen years in her submarine abode without ever seeing the sun.

Danish

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havfrue

Etymology

From hav (“sea”) +‎ frue (“wife, lady”).

Pronunciation

Noun

havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)

  1. (mythology) a mermaid

Inflection

Declension of havfrue
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative havfrue havfruen havfruer havfruerne
genitive havfrues havfruens havfruers havfruernes

References

“havfrue” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From hav +‎ frue.

Pronunciation

Noun

havfrue f or m (definite singular havfrua or havfruen, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)

  1. (mythology) a mermaid

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hav +‎ frue.

Noun

havfrue f (definite singular havfrua, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)

  1. (mythology) a mermaid

References

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