havfrue
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]havfrue (plural havfrues)
- (mythology) A type of mermaid of Danish folklore.
- 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 153:
- A girl one time fell into the power of a Havfrue and passed fifteen years in her submarine abode without ever seeing the sun.
Danish
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Etymology
[edit]From hav (“sea”) + frue (“wife, lady”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]havfrue c (singular definite havfruen, plural indefinite havfruer)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of havfrue
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | havfrue | havfruen | havfruer | havfruerne |
genitive | havfrues | havfruens | havfruers | havfruernes |
References
[edit]“havfrue” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]havfrue f or m (definite singular havfrua or havfruen, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)
References
[edit]- “havfrue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]havfrue f (definite singular havfrua, indefinite plural havfruer, definite plural havfruene)
References
[edit]- “havfrue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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