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selv

selv

See also: selv-

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/, [sɛlˀ]

Pronoun

selv

  1. self, herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, yourself, yourselves

Adverb

selv

  1. even

Etymology 2

From the pronoun selv, after the English self.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlv/, [sɛlˀv]

Noun

selv n (singular definite selvet, not used in plural form)

  1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • sjøl

Etymology

From Old Norse sjálfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- ‎(“one's own”), from *s(w)e- ‎(“separate, apart”).

Pronoun

selv

  1. (singular) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
    also as, for example: ham selv (himself)
  2. (plural) ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Derived terms

See also

References

Etymology

From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjálfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- ‎(“one's own”), from *s(w)e- ‎(“separate, apart”).

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