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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A merger of two words: 1. older algemen, from al (“all”) + gemen (“common”), a calque of German allgemein; 2. Swedish allmän, from Old Norse almennr, from Proto-Germanic *alamannijaz. Derived from *alamann- (“mankind”), which is itself a compound of *ala- (“all”) + *mann- (“man”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
almen (neuter alment, plural and definite singular attributive almene)
Synonyms[edit]
- (common): almindelig
- (general): generel
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
almen
Italian[edit]
Adverb[edit]
almen (apocopated)
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- allmenn (standard Bokmål)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse almennr, influenced by German allgemein (“common to all”) (gemein).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
almen
- which applies to all
- almen stemmerett
- voting rights for all
- almen verneplikt
- involuntary military service (conscription) for all
- public
- Saken har almen interesse.
- The general public is interested in the matter.
- et alment gode
- a benefit that is available to the public
- common, ordinary, general
- Det er en vanlig oppfatning.
- That is a common conception.
- Han kom med noen almene betraktninger
- He gave some general perceptions.
- universal
- almene sannheter
- general truths
Derived terms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- almendannelse
- almendannende
- almenfag
- almenfaglig
- almenfarlig
- almenfattelig
- almengyldig
- almenkulturell
- almenkunnskap
- almenmedisin
- almenmenneskelig
- almenpreventiv
Adverb[edit]
almen
Usage notes[edit]
This word is only used in Norwegian Riksmål.
References[edit]
- “almen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
almen
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
almen m
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
almen
Anagrams[edit]
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlmən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlmən/2 syllables
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch noun forms
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian adverb forms
- Italian apocopic forms
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