lejlighed

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German legelichēt (“situation”), form the adjective legelik (“situated”). Compare Middle Low German legenhēt (“situation, opportunity”) (whence Swedish lägenhet (“apartment”)) from legen (“lying”) and German Gelegenheit (“opportunity”) from gelegen (“lying”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɑjliˌheðˀ]

Noun

lejlighed c (singular definite lejligheden, plural indefinite lejligheder)

  1. apartment, flat
  2. opportunity
  3. occasion

Inflection

Declension of lejlighed
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lejlighed lejligheden lejligheder lejlighederne
genitive lejligheds lejlighedens lejligheders lejlighedernes

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