verden

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish werdhen, originally singular definite form of wæræld, wærild, wærælde, from Old Norse verǫld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, cognate with Swedish värld, English world, German Welt, Dutch wereld. The original indefinite form in Old Danish was rarely used, to the extent that the definite form eventually replaced the indefinite form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Homophone: værten

Noun

verden c (singular definite verden, plural indefinite verdener or verdner)

1. world

Usage notes

• The definite form is verden, but verdenen exists as an unofficial variant, which is, however, accepted in compounds, e.g. drømmeverdenen.

Inflection

Derived terms

• drømmeverden
• eventyrverden
• filmverden
• modeverden
• pengeverden
• verdensatlas
• verdensmester
• verdensrekord

References

• “verden” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “verden” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

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verden

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From Danish verden, from Old Danish werdhen, originally singular definite form of wæræld, wærild, wærælde, from Old Norse verǫld, whence verd, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. The original indefenite form was rarely used so much so the definite form was interpreted as the indefinite form, hence the etymology.

Alternative forms

• verd

Noun

verden m (definite singular verden or verdenen, indefinite plural verdener, definite plural verdenene)

1. world (human collective existence)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• verda

Noun

verden m or f

1. definite singular of verd

References

• “verden” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “verden” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Zazaki

Verb

verden

1. to abandon, release, relinquish