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almen

Pronunciation: /almeːˀn/

“almen” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. common
  2. public
  3. general
  4. universal

Etymology

A merger of two words: 1. older algemen, from al (“all”) + gemen (“common”), a calque of German allgemein; 2. Swedish allmän, from Old Norse almennr, from Proto-Germanic *alamannijaz. Derived from *alamann- (“mankind”), which is itself a compound of *ala- (“all”) + *mann- (“man”).

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