fjende
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fjándi, from the verb fjá (“hate”) (or corresponding to Proto-Germanic *fijandz). Cognate with English fiend, German Feind, Faroese fíggindi, Norwegian Bokmål fiende, and Swedish fiende.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjenə/, [ˈfjenə] or IPA(key): /fjɛnə/, [ˈfjɛnə]
Noun
fjende c (singular definite fjenden, plural indefinite fjender)
- enemy, adversary, foe
Inflection
Declension of fjende
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fjende | fjenden | fjender | fjenderne |
| genitive | fjendes | fjendens | fjenders | fjendernes |
Antonyms
- ven
Derived terms
- fjendinde (“female enemy”)
- fjendskab