fjende

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fjándi, to Proto-Germanic *fijandz, an old present participle of the verb fjá (hate), *fijāną. Cognate with English fiend, German Feind, Faroese fíggindi, Norwegian Bokmål fiende, and Swedish fiende.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfjenə], [ˈfjɛnə]

Noun

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fjende c (singular definite fjenden, plural indefinite fjender)

  1. enemy, adversary, foe

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