fjende

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fjándi, to Proto-Germanic *fijandz, an old present participle of the verb fjá (“hate”), *fijāną. Cognate with English fiend, German Feind, Faroese fíggindi, Norwegian Bokmål fiende, and Swedish fiende.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfjenə], [ˈfjɛnə]

Noun

fjende c (singular definite fjenden, plural indefinite fjender)

  1. enemy, adversary, foe

Inflection

Declension of fjende
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjende fjenden fjender fjenderne
genitive fjendes fjendens fjenders fjendernes

Antonyms

Derived terms

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