fortrolighed

Danish

Etymology

fortrolig +‎ -hed

Noun

fortrolighed

1. confidence
   • 2016, Grete Stenbæk Jensen, Martha! Martha!, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Det var nu særligt pigerne fra de troende hjem, som var tilbøjelige til at lægge for meget i det med »fortrolighedens bånd« som ingen skulle kunne løse.

     Now, it was particularly the girls from religious homes that tended to put to much into the concept of »the bond of confidence« which were purportedly breakable by none.

   • 1849, Søren Kierkegaard, Samlede vaerker, page 60:

     Er Du selv i det Tilfælde, paa Veie til at blive indesluttet med en forfærdelig Tanke, saa tal til en Anden derom, men helst i Fortrolighedens pathetiske Form; thi vilde Du meddele ham det i Spøg, ...

     If you yourself are in that case, on your way to being isolated with a terrible thought, then speak to someone else about it, but preferably in the histrionic form of confidence; for if you wanted to tell him in a joke, ...

2. (countable) secret, something said in confidence
   • 2016, Martin A. Hansen, Nu opgiver han, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Hun ønsker ogsaa at give ham den elskendes smaa Fortroligheder, dulgte Smil, Haandtryk, hemmelige Ord og Kys,...

     She also wishes to give him the small confidences of the lover, hidden smiles, handshakes, secret words and kisses,...

   • 2014, Christina Hesselholdt, En have uden ende, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

     ... hvor ingen længere tænker på at hviske fortrolighederne til hinanden, men meddeler det smertelige med høj stemme, ...

     ... where noone thinks to whisper the secrets to one another anymore, but report the painful with loud voices,...

   • 2016, Thorkild Hansen, Det lykkelige Arabien: En dansk ekspedition 1761-67, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Efter komplimenterne kommer turen nu til fortrolighederne.

     After the compliments, the time is now for the secrets.

Declension

Declension of fortrolighed

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fortrolighed	fortroligheden	fortroligheder	fortrolighederne
genitive	fortroligheds	fortrolighedens	fortroligheders	fortrolighedernes