minde
See also: Minde
English
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmenə]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją, cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌹 (gaminþi).
Noun
minde n (singular definite mindet, plural indefinite minder)
- a memory, remembrance
- a memorial
- (dated) permission, consent
Declension
Synonyms
- erindring
- hukommelse
Etymology 2
From Old Norse minna and minnast, from Proto-Germanic *minþijaną. Cognate with Swedish minnas.
Verb
minde (past tense mindede, past participle mindet)
- to remind (make somebody remember something)
- to remind (get a person to think of something similar or identical to something)
- to relate to, to be similar to (with the preposition om)
- (passive) to remember - see mindes
- to commemorate
- remember, honour the memory of
- 1947, Olaf Wentrup, Vore gamle kobstaeder: historiske strejftog i tekst og billeder:
- Ikke underligt derfor, at denne store Dag blev mindet, Kong Frederik den III befalede i den Anledning, at den 14. November hvert Aar skulde fejres.
- Not strange therefore that this great day was remembered, king Frederick the third commanded on that occasion, that November 14 was to be celebrated every year.
- 1998, Bogmarkedet:
- Morten Korch fejret og mindet i Odense
- Morten Korch celebrated and remembered in Odense
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