Noun: kjøpmann
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | kjøpmannen |
| Pl. | kjøpmennene |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kjøpmann
ettermann,
vitskapsmann,
lensmann,
buskmann,
snømann,
frelsarmann,
kassemann,
kassamann,
stuntmann,
forretningsmann,
blåmann,
brannmann,
hjåsetemann,
sjømann,
tollmann,
kjøpmann,
levemann,
attentatmann,
statsmann,
kinamann, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
By surface analysis, from kjøp + mann. From Old Norse kaupmaðr or Middle Low German kōpman. Compare Danish købmand, Swedish köpman, also German Kaufmann. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kaupmaðr', Danish Nouns '
købmand', Swedish Nouns '
köpman', German Nouns '
Kaufmann'.
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