embedsmand
Danish
Etymology
From embede (“office, post”) + mand (“man”), from Old Norse embættismaðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛmbedsmand/, [ˈɛmb̥eðsˌmanˀ]
Noun
embedsmand c (singular definite embedsmanden, plural indefinite embedsmænd)
- official, public officer
- civil servant
Inflection
Declension of embedsmand
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | embedsmand | embedsmanden | embedsmænd | embedsmændene |
genitive | embedsmands | embedsmandens | embedsmænds | embedsmændenes |
Further reading
embedsmand on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da