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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish syzkini, syskæn, from Old Norse systkin, systkini (“siblings”). Compare Faroese systkin, Icelandic systkin, Norwegian Bokmål søsken and Swedish syskon.
Pronunciation
Noun
søskende c
- sibling
- Søskende kan være søstre, brødre eller brødre og søstre. ― Siblings can be sisters, brothers or brothers and sisters.
2008, Lars Dencik, Familie og børn i en opbrudstid:I den klassiske (freudianske) opfattelse er en søskende kilden til jalousi og rivalisering om forældrenes gunst.- In the classic (Freudian) view, a sibling is the source of jealousy and rivalry for parental favour.
2013, EU Regulation 604/2013:Hvis barnet, søskenden eller forælderen, jf. stk. 1, har lovligt ophold i en anden medlemsstat end den, hvor ansøgeren opholder sig, er den medlemsstat, der er ansvarlig, den, hvor barnet, søskenden eller forælderen har lovligt ophold, medmindre ansøgerens helbred gør det umuligt for vedkommende at rejse til den pågældende medlemsstat inden for en betydelig tidshorisont.- Where the child, sibling or parent referred to in paragraph 1 is legally resident in a Member State other than the one where the applicant is present, the Member State responsible shall be the one where the child, sibling or parent is legally resident unless the applicant’s health prevents him or her from travelling to that Member State for a significant period of time.
2019, Greenlane, Inkariget: Sydamerikas konger:Alle capacs skulle efter sigende stamme fra de legendariske Ayar-søskende (fire drenge og fire piger), som dukkede op fra hulen Pacaritambo. Den første Inca capac, Ayar-søskenden Manco Capac, giftede sig med en af hans søstre og grundlagde Cusco.- All Capacs are said to be descended from the legendary Ayar siblings (four boys and four girls) who emerged from the cave of Pacaritambo. The first Inca Capac, the Ayar sibling Manco Capac, married one of his sisters and founded Cusco.
- 2019, LigeHer.nu: Frederikshavn: Juleaktiviteterne fortsætter i Sæby,
Søskendene Karin Holm Andreasen, Leif Holm og Conny Holm Egeborg er klar til at give den gas på Sæby Torv, søndag den 15. december.- Siblings Karin Holm Andreasen, Leif Holm and Conny Holm Egeborg are ready to rev up at Sæby Torv on Sunday 15 December.
2020, GoMentor, Mistet søskende:Alderen på søskendene vil også være en faktor i sorgprocessen. […] Der findes et væd af informationer omkring, hvordan man håndterer tabet af et barn eller en forælder, men der er ikke meget viden der er dedikeret til den særlige sorg det er, at miste en søskende.- The siblings' age will also be a factor in the grieving process. There is a wealth of information about how to deal with the loss of a child or a parent, but there is not much knowledge dedicated to the specific grief of losing a sibling.
2021, Arbejderen, København: Find bogguld i Hillerødgade:Søskendene Ole og Marianne Maass skriver kort sådan her om forældrene og bøgerne: […]- Siblings Ole and Marianne Maass succinctly write this about their parents and the books:
2022, Christina Louise Lindhardt, Børn reagerer på en ny søskende:Nogle gange kan en ældre søskende til at begynde med beskytte en yngre søskende for derefter at føle sig truet og begynde at konkurrere og være aggressiv mod den yngre søskende.- Sometimes an older sibling may initially protect a younger sibling, then feel threatened and start to compete with and be aggressive towards the younger sibling.
Usage notes
- The definite forms are generally avoided.[1] Dictionaries normally list the word as plural only, but the (indefinite) singular is relatively common (see quotations).
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