folkevalgt
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Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
folkevalgt (neuter folkevalgt, plural and definite singular attributive folkevalgte)
- elected by the populace at large
- Bør vi betingelsesløst anerkende legitimiteten af tyranner, blot fordi de er folkevalgte?
- Ought we to unconditionally recognize the legitimacy of tyrants, merely because they are elected by the people?
- Bør vi betingelsesløst anerkende legitimiteten af tyranner, blot fordi de er folkevalgte?
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From folk + -e- + valgt (“past participle of velge”).
Adjective[edit]
folkevalgt (neuter singular folkevalgt, definite singular and plural folkevalgte)
- elected (by popular vote, by the common people)
See also[edit]
- folkevald (Nynorsk)
References[edit]
- “folkevalgt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.