tendens

See also: tendens'

Danish

Etymology

From German Tendenz or from French tendance (“tendency”), from Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendere (“stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛndɛns/, [tˢɛnˈd̥ɛnˀs] or IPA^(key): /tendɛns/, [tˢenˈd̥ɛnˀs]
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Noun

tendens c (singular definite tendensen, plural indefinite tendenser)

1. tendency
2. trend
3. inclination; bias

Inflection

Declension of tendens

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tendens	tendensen	tendenser	tendenserne
genitive	tendens'	tendensens	tendensers	tendensernes

Synonyms

• (inclination; bias) tilbøjelighed

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tendere / tendō.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ten‧dens

Noun

tendens f or m (plural tendensen, diminutive tendensje n)

1. tendency, inclination

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of tendō.

Participle

tendēns (genitive tendentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. extending
2. proceeding
3. striving for
4. pitching (a tent)

Declension

Third-declension participle

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	tendēns			tendentēs	tendentia
genitive	tendentis			tendentium
dative	tendentī			tendentibus
accusative	tendentem	tendēns		tendentēs tendentīs	tendentia
ablative	tendente tendentī1			tendentibus
vocative	tendēns			tendentēs	tendentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tendens m (definite singular tendensen, indefinite plural tendenser, definite plural tendensene)

1. a tendency

Related terms

• tendere

References

• “tendens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tendens m (definite singular tendensen, indefinite plural tendensar, definite plural tendensane)

1. a tendency

References

• “tendens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

tendens c

1. a tendency, a trend

Declension

Declension of tendens

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tendens	tendens
	definite	tendensen	tendensens
plural	indefinite	tendenser	tendensers
	definite	tendenserna	tendensernas

Related terms

• tendera
• tendentiös

References

• tendens in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tendens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tendens in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)