beskaffenhet
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From beskaffen + -het, compare with German Beschaffenheit.
Noun
[edit]beskaffenhet f or m (definite singular beskaffenheta or beskaffenheten, indefinite plural beskaffenheter, definite plural beskaffenhetene)
References
[edit]- “beskaffenhet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]beskaffad (“constituted”) + -het (“-ness, -ity”)
Noun
[edit]beskaffenhet c
- nature, character
- Masugnarna indelas efter bränslets beskaffenhet i träkols- och koksmasugnar
- Blast furnaces are categorized by the character of the fuel in charcoal and coke furnaces
Usage notes
[edit]- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | beskaffenhet | beskaffenhets |
| definite | beskaffenheten | beskaffenhetens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -het
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Swedish terms suffixed with -het
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples