herkomst

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German herkomst, German Herkunft. A verbal noun of German herkommen.

Pronunciation

Noun

herkomst c (singular definite herkomsten, plural indefinite herkomster)

  1. origin

Declension

Declension of herkomst
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative herkomst herkomsten herkomster herkomsterne
genitive herkomsts herkomstens herkomsters herkomsternes

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hercompst, a derivative of Middle Dutch hercōmen (“to come from, originate from”), equivalent to her (“hither”) +‎ komen (“to come”) +‎ st.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: her‧komst

Noun

herkomst f (plural herkomsten)

  1. origin, descent

Synonyms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch herkomst or German Low German Herkummst, related to German Herkunft.

Noun

herkomst m (definite singular herkomsten, indefinite plural herkomster, definite plural herkomstene)

  1. ancestry, descent, origin

References

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