folde

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔlə/, [ˈfʌlə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse falda, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”).

Verb

folde (imperative fold, infinitive at folde, present tense folder, past tense foldede, perfect tense er/har foldet)

  1. to fold

Further reading

Etymology 2

See fold (“fold, pen”).

Noun

folde c

  1. plural indefinite of fold

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō. Cognate with Old Saxon folda, Old Norse fold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfolde/, [ˈfoɫde]

Noun

folde f (nominative plural foldan)

  1. (poetic) land, earth, ground

Declension

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