billede

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish beletæ, borrowed from Middle Low German bilede, belde, Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþī (“picture, image”), cognate with German Bild. Old Norse bilæti (“icon”) is also borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeləðə/, [ˈb̥elð̩ð̩], [ˈb̥elð̩]

Noun

billede n (singular definite billedet, plural indefinite billeder, in compounds: billed-)

  1. picture, image
    stjæle billedet ― to draw attention to oneself, to overshadow
    tegne et billede af ― to describe, to outline, to portray
  2. photo
    tage et billede ― to take a picture

Declension
Declension of billede
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative billede billedet billeder billederne
genitive billedes billedets billeders billedernes

Derived terms

References
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