samfund

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Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to sam- (“co-”) +‎ fund (“finding, (obsolete) meeting”). From Old Norse samfundr (“gathering”), cognate with Norwegian samfunn, Swedish samfund.

Pronunciation

Noun

samfund n (singular definite samfundet, plural indefinite samfund, in compounds: samfunds-)

  1. society (a group of people living together in an area or the institutions of such a group)
  2. society, community (an association of people sharing common beliefs)
  3. (archaic) social intercourse

Declension

Declension of samfund
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative samfund samfundet samfund samfundene
genitive samfunds samfundets samfunds samfundenes

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

samfund n (definite singular samfundet, indefinite plural samfund, definite plural samfunda)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of samfunn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse samfundr, equivalent to sam- (“co-”) +‎ fund (“meeting, get-together”).

Noun

samfund n

  1. a federation (especially of religious organizations)

Declension

Declension of samfund 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative samfund samfundet samfund samfunden
Genitive samfunds samfundets samfunds samfundens
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