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selv.

self, -self (on one's own)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

pron/sɛlˀ/[sɛlˀ]
  1. self, -self (on one's own)

  2. self, -self (emphatic)

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include English self and German selbst, selber. The sense "even" is probably influenced by German.

adv/sɛlˀ/[sɛlˀ]
  1. even

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include English self and German selbst, selber. The sense "even" is probably influenced by German.

noun/sɛlˀv/[sɛlˀʋ]
  1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)

    neuter · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From the pronoun selv. Calque of English self (and German Selbst).

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