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Definition 2024
Almen
almen
almen
See also: Almen
Danish
Adjective
almen
Inflection
| Inflection of almen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | almen | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | alment | — | —2 |
| Plural | almene | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | almene | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms
- (common): almindelig
- (general): generel
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from almen
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- allmenn (standard Bokmål)
Etymology
From Old Norse almennr, influenced by German allgemein (“common to all”) (gemein)
Adjective
almen
- which applies to all
- almen stemmerett
- voting rights for all
- almen verneplikt
- involuntary military service (conscription) for all
- almen stemmerett
- public
- Saken har almen interesse.
- The general public is interested in the matter.
- et alment gode
- a benefit that is available to the public
- Saken har almen interesse.
- common, ordinary, general
- Det er en vanlig oppfatning.
- That is a common conception.
- Han kom med noen almene betraktninger
- He gave some general perceptions.
- Det er en vanlig oppfatning.
- universal
Derived terms
- almenhet
- almening
Compounds
- almendannelse
- almendannende
- almenfag
- almenfaglig
- almenfarlig
- almenfattelig
- almengyldig
- almenkulturell
- almenkunnskap
- almenmedisin
- almenmenneskelig
- almenpreventiv
Adverb
almen
References
- “almen” in The Ordnett Dictionary