oprindelig

Danish

Etymology

From oprinde (“to come, arise”) +‎ -lig, influenced semantically by German ursprünglich and Latin orīginālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔpˈrenˀəli/, [ʌb̥ˌʁænˀn̩li]

Adjective

oprindelig (neuter oprindeligt, plural and definite singular attributive oprindelige, comparative oprindeligere, superlative (predicative) oprindeligst, superlative (attributive) oprindeligste)

  1. original
    Dens oprindelige funktion kender vi ikke, men i det 5. århundrede blev den brugt som tempel.
    We do not know its original function, but it was used as a temple in the 5th century.
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