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samfund

Danish

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Etymology

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Equivalent to sam- (“co-”) +‎ fund (“finding, (obsolete) meeting”). From Old Norse samfundr (“gathering”), cognate with Norwegian samfunn, Swedish samfund.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /samfonˀ/, [ˈsɑmˌfɔnˀ]

Noun

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samfund n (singular definite samfundet, plural indefinite samfund, in compounds: samfunds-)

  1. society (a group of people living together in an area or the institutions of such a group)
  2. society, community (an association of people sharing common beliefs)
  3. (archaic) social intercourse

Declension

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Declension of samfund
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative samfund samfundet samfund samfundene
genitive samfunds samfundets samfunds samfundenes

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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samfund n (definite singular samfundet, indefinite plural samfund, definite plural samfunda)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of samfunn

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse samfundr, equivalent to sam- (“co-”) +‎ fund (“meeting, get-together”).

Noun

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samfund n

  1. a federation (especially of religious organizations)

Declension

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Declension of samfund
nominative genitive
singular indefinite samfund samfunds
definite samfundet samfundets
plural indefinite samfund samfunds
definite samfunden samfundens
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