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samfund

Pronunciation: /samfonˀ/

“samfund” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. society (a group of people living together in an area or the institutions of such a group)
  2. society, community (an association of people sharing common beliefs)
  3. social intercourse

Etymology

Equivalent to sam- (“co-”) + fund (“finding, (obsolete) meeting”). From Old Norse samfundr (“gathering”), cognate with Norwegian samfunn, Swedish samfund.

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