visdom

== Danish == === Etymology === From vis (“wise”) +‎ -dom, from Old Norse vísdómr (“wisdom”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /viːsdɔm/, [ˈviːsˌd̥ʌmˀ] === Noun === visdom c (singular definite visdommen, not used in plural form) wisdom ==== Inflection ==== ==== See also ==== visdom on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da “visdom” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === vis +‎ -dom; from Old Norse vísdómr === Noun === visdom m (definite singular visdommen) wisdom ==== Derived terms ==== visdomsord visdomstann === References === “visdom” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === vis +‎ -dom; from Old Norse vísdómr === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ʋiːsˌdʊmː/, /²ʋiːsˌdɔmː/ === Noun === visdom m (definite singular visdomen or visdommen) wisdom ==== Derived terms ==== visdomsord visdomstann === References === “visdom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish visdomber, from Old Norse vísdómr, from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz, equivalent to vis +‎ -dom. === Noun === visdom c (countable) wisdom (the knowledge or experience that wise people possess) (uncountable) synonym of vishet ==== Usage notes ==== Språkrådet (The Language Council of Sweden) recommends distinguishing between vishet ("the quality of being wise") and visdom ("the knowledge or experience that wise people possess"), but the two are often conflated. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “visdom”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Further reading === visdom on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv