kilde

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kilə/, [ˈkʰilə], [ˈkʰill̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kelda, from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ, cognate with Norwegian kjelde, Swedish källa. Derived from *kaldaz (“cold”).

Noun

kilde c (singular definite kilden, plural indefinite kilder)

  1. spring, fountain, source (a place where water emerges from the ground)
  2. (figuratively) source, fountain, fount (a person or a thing from which something comes)
Declension
Declension of kilde
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kilde kilden kilder kilderne
genitive kildes kildens kilders kildernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, cognate with Swedish kittla, English kittle, German kitzeln.

Verb

kilde (imperative kild, infinitive at kilde, present tense kilder, past tense kildede, perfect tense har kildet)

  1. to tickle
Conjugation
Conjugation of kilde
active passive
present kilder kildes
past kildede kildedes
infinitive kilde kildes
imperative kild —
participle
present kildende
past kildet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund kilden
Synonyms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kelda.

Noun

kilde m (definite singular kilden, indefinite plural kilder, definite plural kildene)

  1. spring (a place where water emerges from the ground)
  2. source
  3. fountain
  4. fount

Alternative forms

Derived terms

References

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