intelligens
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See also: intelligens'
Danish
Etymology
From German Intelligenz, from Latin intelligentia.
Noun
intelligens c (singular definite intelligensen, plural indefinite intelligenser)
- intelligence
- intelligentsia
- (rare) an intelligent person
Inflection
Declension of intelligens
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | intelligens | intelligensen | intelligenser | intelligenserne |
| genitive | intelligens' | intelligensens | intelligensers | intelligensernes |
Synonyms
- (intelligence) forstand c, begavelse c
- (intelligentsia) intelligentsia c
- (an intelligent person) begavelse c
Derived terms
- følelsesmæssig intelligens
- intelligensalder
- intelligensbegreb
- intelligensforskning
- intelligenskvotient
- intelligensmæssig
- intelligensniveau
- intelligensprøve
- intelligenstest
See also
References
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of intelligō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈtel.li.ɡens/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈtel.li.d͡ʒens/,
Participle
intelligēns (genitive intelligentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- Alternative form of intellegens
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | intelligēns | intelligentēs | intelligentia | ||
| Genitive | intelligentis | intelligentium | |||
| Dative | intelligentī | intelligentibus | |||
| Accusative | intelligentem | intelligēns | intelligentēs intelligentīs |
intelligentia | |
| Ablative | intelligente intelligentī1 |
intelligentibus | |||
| Vocative | intelligēns | intelligentēs | intelligentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- Asturian: intelixencia
- Catalan: intel·ligència
- Corsican: intelligenza
- Dutch: intelligentie
- Galician: intelixencia
- German: Intelligenz
- Italian: intelligenza
- → Middle English: intelligence
- English: intelligence
- Mirandese: anteligéncia
- Norwegian: intelligens
- Occitan: intelligéncia
- Old French: intelligence
- French: intelligence
- Portuguese: inteligência
- Romanian: inteligenta, inteligenţă
- Spanish: inteligencia
- Swedish: intelligens
- Danish: intelligens
- Norwegian Nynorsk: intelligens
- Norwegian Bokmål: intelligens
- Venetian: intełigensa, intełigenzsa
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin intelligentia, via German Intelligenz.
Noun
intelligens m (definite singular intelligensen, indefinite plural intelligenser, definite plural intelligensene)
- intelligence
- an intelligent person
- (collectively) intellectuals, intelligentsia
References
- “intelligens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin intelligentia, via German Intelligenz.
Noun
intelligens m (definite singular intelligensen, indefinite plural intelligensar, definite plural intelligensane)
- intelligence
- an intelligent person
- (collectively) intellectuals, intelligentsia
References
- “intelligens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin intelligentia.
Noun
intelligens c
- intelligence; capacity of mind or a form of life with such capabilities
Declension
| Declension of intelligens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | intelligens | intelligensen | intelligenser | intelligenserna |
| Genitive | intelligens | intelligensens | intelligensers | intelligensernas |