almen

A merger of two words: 1. older algemen, from al (“all”) +‎ gemen (“common”), a calque of German allgemein; 2. Swedish allmän, from Old Norse almennr, from Proto-Germanic *alamannijaz. Derived from *alamann- (“mankind”), which is itself a compound of *ala- (“all”) +‎ *mann- (“man”).

• IPA^(key): /almeːˀn/, [ˈalˌmeˀn]

almen (neuter alment, plural and definite singular attributive almene)

1. common
2. public
3. general
4. universal

• (common): almindelig
• (general): generel

• (antonym(s) of “general”): speciel
• (antonym(s) of “public”): privat

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• Rhymes: -ɑlmən

almen

1. plural of alm

almen (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of almeno

• lemna

• allmenn (standard Bokmål)

From Old Norse almennr, influenced by German allgemein (“common to all”) (gemein).

almen

1. which applies to all

   almen stemmerett

   voting rights for all

   almen verneplikt

   involuntary military service (conscription) for all

2. public

   Saken har almen interesse.

   The general public is interested in the matter.

   et alment gode

   a benefit that is available to the public

3. common, ordinary, general

   Det er en vanlig oppfatning.

   That is a common conception.

   Han kom med noen almene betraktninger

   He gave some general perceptions.

4. universal

   almene sannheter

   general truths

   en hellig, almen kirke

   a holy, universal church

• almenhet
• almening

• almendannelse
• almendannende
• almenfag
• almenfaglig
• almenfarlig
• almenfattelig
• almengyldig
• almenkulturell
• almenkunnskap
• almenmedisin
• almenmenneskelig
• almenpreventiv

almen

1. generally

   Det er alment kjent.

   It is generally (well) known.

This word is only used in Norwegian Riksmål.

• “almen” in The Ordnett Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlmən/
• Rhymes: -ən

almen

1. definite singular of alm

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlmɛn/, /ˈɑlmən/

almen m

1. definite singular of alm

almen

1. definite singular of alm

• lemna, malen