tilfælde

== Danish == === Etymology === From later Old Norse tilfelli, from Middle Low German toval, itself ultimately a calque of Latin accidens, possibly via Middle High German intermediary zuoval. Cognate with Swedish tillfälle, Norwegian Bokmål tilfelle, Norwegian Nynorsk tilfelle, Icelandic tilfelli. Compare German Zufall (“chance, coincidence”). === Noun === tilfælde n (singular definite tilfældet, plural indefinite tilfælde) case, occurrence accident, coincidence ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== tilfald (archaic or dialectal) === References === === Further reading === “tilfælde” in Den Danske Ordbog “tilfælde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog