vindskede
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse vindskeið (“last part meaning a piece of wood”). Cognates include Swedish vindskida, Norwegian Nynorsk vindskie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvensɡeːðə]
Noun
vindskede c (singular definite vindskeden, plural indefinite vindskeder)
- (architecture) barge board, rake fascia, wind screen. boards fixed along the end of a roof's surface that projects beyond the gable and is used as a screen against wind and precipitation
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vindskede | vindskeden | vindskeder | vindskederne |
| genitive | vindskedes | vindskedens | vindskeders | vindskedernes |