kvinde

Danish

Alternative forms

• quinde (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse kvenna, the genitive plural indefinite of kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Related to English queen via Proto-Germanic *kwēniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvenə/, [ˈkʰʋ̥e̝nə], [ˈkʰʋ̥e̝nn̩]

Noun

kvinde c (singular definite kvinden, plural indefinite kvinder)

1. A woman.

Inflection

Declension of kvinde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvinde	kvinden	kvinder	kvinderne
genitive	kvindes	kvindens	kvinders	kvindernes

Derived terms

• kvindfolk

See also

• dame
• kone

Further reading

• kvinde on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da