fjende

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fjándi, to Proto-Germanic *fijandz, an old present participle of the verb fjá (“hate”), *fijāną. Cognate with English fiend, German Feind, Faroese fíggindi, Norwegian Bokmål fiende, and Swedish fiende.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfjenə], [ˈfjɛnə]

Noun

fjende c (singular definite fjenden, plural indefinite fjender)

enemy, adversary, foe

Inflection

Declension of fjende

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjende	fjenden	fjender	fjenderne
genitive	fjendes	fjendens	fjenders	fjendernes

Antonyms

ven

Derived terms

fjendinde (“female enemy”)
fjendskab

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