billede
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish beletæ, borrowed from Middle Low German bilede, belde, Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī (“picture, image”), cognate with German Bild. Old Norse bilæti (“icon”) is also borrowed from Low German.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]billede n (singular definite billedet, plural indefinite billeder, in compounds: billed-)
- picture, image
- stjæle billedet ― to draw attention to oneself, to overshadow
- tegne et billede af ― to describe, to outline, to portray
- photo
- tage et billede ― to take a picture
Declension
[edit]Declension of billede
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | billede | billedet | billeder | billederne |
| genitive | billedes | billedets | billeders | billedernes |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “billede” in Den Danske Ordbog