tendens

== Danish == === Etymology === From German Tendenz or from French tendance (“tendency”), from Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendere (“stretch, extend”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛndɛns/, [tˢɛnˈd̥ɛnˀs] or IPA(key): /tendɛns/, [tˢenˈd̥ɛnˀs] Rhymes: -ɛns === Noun === tendens c (singular definite tendensen, plural indefinite tendenser) tendency trend inclination; bias ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (inclination; bias) tilbøjelighed == Dutch == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin tendere / tendō. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ten‧dens === Noun === tendens f or m (plural tendensen, diminutive tendensje n) tendency, inclination == Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of tendō. === Participle === tendēns (genitive tendentis); third-declension one-termination participle extending proceeding striving for pitching (a tent) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === tendens m (definite singular tendensen, indefinite plural tendenser, definite plural tendensene) a tendency ==== Related terms ==== tendere === References === “tendens” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === tendens m (definite singular tendensen, indefinite plural tendensar, definite plural tendensane) a tendency === References === “tendens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tendens c a tendency, a trend ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== tendera tendentiös === References === “tendens”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tendens”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tendens”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)