ombudsmand

Danish

/ɔmbuðsman/

noun

Definitions

ombudsman

Etymology

Compound from Danish ombud (public duty) + Danish mand (man, husband, men)derived from Old Norse umboðsmaðr (steward, a representative, ombudsman, an attorney, commissary, an ombudsman).

Origin

Old Norse

umboðsmaðr

Gloss

steward, a representative, ombudsman, an attorney, commissary, an ombudsman

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ombudsmann Norwegian Bokmål
ombudsman Swedish
maðr Old Norse
maðr, q, *mannʀ Old Norse
umboð Old Norse
umboðsmaðr Old Norse
afholdsmand Danish
altmuligmand Danish
alvorsmand Danish
bagmand Danish
banemand Danish
bedemand Danish
brormand Danish
bøhmand Danish
drabsmand Danish
dørmand Danish
eksmand Danish
embedsmand Danish
enkemand Danish
farmand Danish
flyttemand Danish
formand Danish
forretningsmand Danish
franskmand Danish
gerningsmand Danish
hærværksmand Danish
kameramand Danish
købmand Danish
landmand Danish
landsmand Danish
ligemand Danish
machomand Danish
mand Danish
manddrab Danish
mandebod Danish
mandeforsker Danish
mandeforskning Danish
mandeluder Danish
mandetime Danish
mandig Danish
mandinde Danish
mandlig Danish
mandschauvinisme Danish
mandshøj Danish
mandshøjde Danish
mandsling Danish
mandsstor Danish
mandtime Danish
mellemmand Danish
morgenmand Danish
muskelmand Danish
målmand Danish
mælkemand Danish
naturvidenskabsmand Danish
ombud Danish
ophavsmand Danish
overmand Danish
politimand Danish
rigmand Danish
snemand Danish
spåmand Danish
stridsmand Danish
styrmand Danish
sømand Danish
talsmand Danish
tissemand Danish
transmand Danish
troldmand Danish
tændstikmand Danish
tømmermænd Danish
undermand Danish
vandmand Danish
vandringsmand Danish
videnskabsmand Danish
vismand Danish
voldsmand Danish
voldtægtsmand Danish
ægtemand Danish
umboðsmaður Icelandic
umboðsmaður Faroese