åben

See also: aben

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse opinn (“open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz, cognate with Swedish öppen, English open, Dutch open, German offen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːbən/, [ˈɔːb̥m̩]

Adjective

åben (neuter åbent, plural and definite singular attributive åbne)

  1. open
  2. frank, candid

Declension

Inflection of åben
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular åben — —2
indefinite neuter singular åbent — —2
plural åbne — —2
definite attributive1 åbne — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

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