asen – Danish noun declension

Noun: asen
Gender: Hyphenation:

Nominative

Sg. indefinite	asen
Sg. definite	asnet
Pl. indefinite	asner
Pl. definite	asnerne

Genitive

Sg. indefinite	asens
Sg. definite	asnets
Pl. indefinite	asners
Pl. definite	asnernes

Sample Sentences

stædig som et asen (stubborn as a mule)

Nouns inflected like asen

hunkønsvæsen, rumvæsen, væsen, hankønsvæsen, asen,

Etymology

From Old Danish asnæ, from Old Norse asni, from Old French asne, from Latin asinus. Largely replaced by Middle Low German esel, see æsel. Cognates include Swedish åsna, Icelandic asni and Faroese asni. See: Old Norse Nouns 'asni', Latin Nouns 'asinus', Swedish Nouns 'åsna', Icelandic Nouns 'asni', Faroese Nouns 'asni'.