almenkendt

Danish

Etymology

almen (“general”) +‎ kendt (“known”)

Adjective

almenkendt

1. being common knowledge
   • year unknown, Claus Røllum-Larsen, Knudåge Riisager: Komponist og skribent, Museum Tusculanum Press →ISBN, page 559

     Herudover møder vi i operaen nogle få citater fra eller allusioner til almenkendt melodistof samt ikke mindst nykomponerede melodier af et umiddelbart velkendt præg.

     Furthermore, we encounter, in the opera, some few quotes from or allusions to generally known melodies, not to mention newly-composed melodies of an immediately familiar nature.

   • 2011, Elias Palm, Corpus Delicti, ArtPeople, →ISBN:

     Metoden var almenkendt, og dens fysiologiske baggrund blev formidlet til alle kommende læger.

     The method was commonly known, and its physiological background was explained to all doctors-to-be.

   • 2005, Sune Dalgård, Kanslere og kancellier: især "tyske" i Danmark og Holsten hen imod Enevælden, Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, →ISBN, page 145:

     I alle enkeltheder har udviklingen vel ikke været almenkendt, men der er næppe grund til at betvivle, at hovedtrækkene i den ...

     The development has probably not been commonly known in detail, but there is hardly reason to doubt that its general traits ...

   • 2014, Niels Peter Juel Larsen, Sofi og den polske rytter, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Sofi nikkede, som om det var almenkendt viden.

     Sofi nodded, as if that was commonly known knowledge.

Inflection

Inflection of almenkendt

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	almenkendt	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	almenkendt	—	—2
plural	almenkendte	—	—2
definite attributive1	almenkendte	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.