almue
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish almughe, from Old Norse almúgi, almúgr, consists of the two words, al (“all”) + mue (“mass”) (obsolete). Literally entire mass of people. Word only found in North Germanic languages.
Cognates
[edit]Swedish allmoge, Norwegian Nynorsk ålmuge, Icelandic almúgi, Faroese almúgi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]almue c (singular definite almuen, not used in plural form)
- (chiefly historical) farmer population "common folk" "lower class" (occasionally offensive)
Inflection
[edit]| common gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | almue | almuen |
| genitive | almues | almuens |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “almue” in Den Danske Ordbog
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