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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish indwortes, indwærtes, borrowed from Middle Low German inwordes, inwerdes, a compound of in (“in”) + -werdes (“-ward”), compare Swedish invärtes, German einwärts, English inwards. The suffix derives from Proto-Germanic *wardaz (“turned”), cognate with German -wärts (borrowed to Danish -værts), English -ward, -wards, Old Norse -verðr (adjective), Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs, adjective).
Pronunciation
Adjective
indvortes (uninflected)
- internal, inner (being inside something else, especially the body)
- Synonyms: indvendig, indre Antonyms: udvortes, udvendig, ydre
Adverb
indvortes
- internally
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