velfærdsstat

Danish

Etymology

velfærd (“welfare”) +‎ -s- +‎ stat (“state”). Calque of German Wohlfahrtsstaat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɛlfɛɐ̯sˌsd̥æˀd̥], [ˈʋɛlfɛɐ̯ˌsd̥æˀd̥]

Noun

velfærdsstat

  1. welfare state (a society in which the state takes a major responsibility in supporting the social welfare of all citizens, typical of the Scandinavian countries in the 20th century)
    Synonym: velfærdssamfund

Declension

Declension of velfærdsstat
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative velfærdsstat velfærdsstaten velfærdsstater velfærdsstaterne
genitive velfærdsstats velfærdsstatens velfærdsstaters velfærdsstaternes

References

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