Danish

Adjective

gyldig

1. valid
   • 1973, Thorkild Bjørnvig, Virkeligheden er til

     For ved hjælp af Broch kan man også nøjagtigt få placeret arten af hans humor, og navnlig, når den er bedst og gyldigst.

     For, with the help of Broch, one can also quite precisely place the species of his humour, and especially when it is best, and most valid.

   • 1870, Det kongelige Sundhedskollegiums forhandlinger i aaret..., page 198

     ... fordi til Syvende og Sidst de Levende og ikke den Døde have gyldigst Krav paa hans Tid og hans Arm, ...

     ... because it is, when all is said and done, the living ones, and not the dead one, that have the most valid claim to his time and his arm, ...

   • 1907, Saxo (Grammaticus), Frederik Winkel Horn, Danmarks kr©ınike

     Nu, sagde han, skulde de en stakket Stund lade, som om de flyede; naar Gøter først angreb dem, vilde de nemlig have gyldigere Grund til at slaas med ham; ...

     Now, he said, they should for a time pretend to flee; because when Gøter attacked them, they would then have more valid reason to fight with him; ...

   • 1827, Det Skandinavske Litteraturselskabs Skrifter, page 216

     Gyldigere er den Indvending, at den Gang, da Holberg holdt hiin Tale, vare kun tre Maaneder af den nye Konges Regjering forlöbne, og Holberg kunde siden have forandret sine Tanker.

     More valid is the objection that when Holberg delivered that speech, only three months of the new king's government had elapsed, and Holberg could in the meantime have changed his thoughts.

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German gültig

Adjective

gyldig ‎(neuter singular gyldig, definite singular and plural gyldige)

1. valid

Antonyms

• ugyldig

Derived terms

• gyldighet

References

• “gyldig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German gültig

Adjective

gyldig ‎(neuter singular gyldig, definite singular and plural gyldige)

1. valid

Antonyms

• ugyldig

References

• “gyldig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.