bedemand

Danish

Etymology

From bede (“to ask, invite”) +‎ mand (“man”). Originally a man who arranged baptisms, weddings and funerals, and personally extended the invitations.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːdəman/, [ˈb̥eːðəˌmanˀ]

Noun

bedemand (in compounds: bedemands-)

  1. funeral director, mortician, undertaker

Inflection

Declension of bedemand
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bedemand bedemanden bedemænd bedemændene
genitive bedemands bedemandens bedemænds bedemændenes

References

  1. ^ Bedemand i Den Danske Ordbog
  2. ^ Bedemand i Ordbog over det danske Sprog
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