eventyr

== Danish == === Alternative forms === æventyr (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Low German eventǖr(e), cognate with German Abenteuer (late Old Norse æfintýr and Swedish äventyr are also from Low German). The word is borrowed from Middle French a(d)venture (hence also English adventure), from Latin adventūra (“things that will happen”), a future participle of the verb adveniō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛːvəntyːˀɐ/, [ˈeːʊnˌtˢyˀɐ̯], [ˈeːʊnˌt͡sʰyɒ̯̽ˀ] === Noun === eventyr n (singular definite eventyret, plural indefinite eventyr) adventure fairy tale, folktale ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (fairy tale): folkeeventyr, kunsteventyr, eventyrlig (adventure): eventyrer === References === “eventyr” in Den Danske Ordbog eventyr on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish eventyr, from late Old Norse æfintýr, from Middle Low German eventü̂r, from Middle French adventure (“aventure”). === Noun === eventyr n (definite singular eventyret, indefinite plural eventyr, definite plural eventyra or eventyrene) an adventure fairy tale (a folktale) something exceptionally great === References === “eventyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === æventyr æventy, ævinty, ævuntyr, øventyr, øventi, æmtyr, æventy, eventøyr (dialectal) === Etymology === From late Old Norse æfintýr, from Middle Low German eventü̂r, from Middle French adventure (“aventure”). === Noun === eventyr n (definite singular eventyret, indefinite plural eventyr, definite plural eventyra) an adventure fairy tale (a folktale) something exceptionally great === References === “eventyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.