absurditet – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of absurditet

Noun: absurditet
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.absurditet
Pl.absurditeter

Definite

Sg.absurditeten
Pl.absurditetene

Sample Sentences

  • dette kvindelige herskervæsen, der sammen med al unatur forøvrigt gør livet til en absurditet (this female ruler who, together with all the unnatural, makes life an absurdity) [1939, Knut Hamsun, Artikler, page 30:]
  • absurditeten af de forklaringer, [dikteren] underskyter sine oplevelser (the absurdity of the explanations [the poet] underlies his experiences) [1892, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter III, page 211:]
  • avhandling om livets absurditet (dissertation on the absurdity of life) [1974, Dag Coucheron, Nattsider, page 30:]
  • begge verk har en fortellende struktur og en leken absurditet (both works have a narrative structure and a playful absurdity) [2015 March 21, Dagsavisen, page 49:]
  • å komme med absurditeter (to come up with absurdities)
  • de får utgyte sine absurditeter uten motvekt fra den andre siden (they are allowed to shed their absurdities without counterweight from the other side) [2005, Ole O. Moen, USA:]
  • Ionescos absurditeter er kommet til veis ende (Ionesco's absurdities have come to an end) [1975, Bergens Tidende, page 5:]
  • [Gunvor] Hofmos tankespinn leder til absurditeter og groteskerier hinsides det rimelige ([Gunvor] Hofmo's thoughts lead to absurdities and grotesques beyond the reasonable) [2000, Jan Erik Vold, Mørkets sangerske, page 525:]

Nouns inflected like absurditet

tjuendedag, billettautomat, bestevenn, synops, syklon, syklus, abiturient, forsnevring, kroppsdel, snøbre, lekeplass, sesjon, sesong, septim, sefard, seilas, sektor, sement, sensor, sensur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From French absurdité (“absurdity”), from Middle French absurdité, from Latin absurditās (“dissonance, absurdity”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”) (with the suffix -tās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”).
2. Equivalent to absurd + -itet, with the suffix from German -ität, from French -ité, from the suffix -itātem, accusative of -itās, from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts. See: French Nouns 'absurdité', Latin Nouns 'absurditās', Latin Nouns 'absurdus'.

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