e-form
See also: e-Form
English
Noun
- (linguistics, of the Danish language) The definite singular and plural form of adjectives, which often end in -e.
- 2007, Nete Schmidt, Beginner's Danish, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 48:
- In the plural, an 'e' is added to the adjective creating the 'e-form,' both for common and neuter gender. (...) An 'e' is also added in the definite singular, using den and det (the), for both genders: […]
- 2004, Kirsten Gade, W. Glyn Jones, Colloquial Danish, Routledge, →ISBN, page 62:
- Most adjectives can appear in three different forms: the basic form, the t-form and the e-form.
Danish
Noun
e-form c (singular definite e-formen, plural indefinite e-former)
- (linguistics) e-form
- 1974, Dialektstudier:
- En direkte mindelse om det jævne, dagligdags sprog, der ofte ynder analytiske udtryk, mener jeg eksisterer i nogle af disse adjektivers e-form: sorteblå, mørkeblå, lyserød osv.
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Inflection
Declension of e-form
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | e-form | e-formen | e-former | e-formerne |
genitive | e-forms | e-formens | e-formers | e-formernes |
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