hovedstad
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hǫfuðstaðr, equivalent to hoved- (“main”) + stad (“city”). In the modern language influenced by German Hauptstadt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hovedstad c (singular definite hovedstaden, plural indefinite hovedstæder)
Declension
[edit]Declension of hovedstad
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hovedstad | hovedstaden | hovedstæder | hovedstæderne |
genitive | hovedstads | hovedstadens | hovedstæders | hovedstædernes |
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hovedstad m (definite singular hovedstaden, indefinite plural hovedsteder, definite plural hovedstedene)
- capital (city), or capital city
See also
[edit]- hovudstad (Nynorsk)
References
[edit]- “hovedstad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Categories:
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms prefixed with hoved-
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Geography
- Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with hoved-
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns