selv

See also: selv- and SELV

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include English self and German selbst, selber. The sense "even" is probably influenced by German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlˀ/, [sɛlˀ]

Pronoun

selv

  1. self, -self (on one's own)
  2. self, -self (emphatic)
Usage notes

Added after a pronoun or a noun.

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selv

Adverb

selv

  1. even

Etymology 2

From the pronoun selv. Calque of English self (and German Selbst).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlˀv/, [sɛlˀʋ]

Noun

selv n (singular definite selvet, not used in plural form)

  1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
Declension
Declension of selv
neuter
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative selv selvet
genitive selvs selvets

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish selv, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own), from *s(w)e- (separate, apart).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/

Pronoun

selv

  1. (in the singular) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
    also as, for example: ham selv (himself)
  2. (in the plural) ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Derived terms

See also

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