trekant

Danish

Etymology

From tre (“three”) +‎ kant (“edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛkant/, [ˈtˢʁ̥ɛˌkʰanˀd̥]

Noun

trekant c (singular definite trekanten, plural indefinite trekanter)

1. triangle (polygon)
2. threesome

Inflection

Declension of trekant

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trekant	trekanten	trekanter	trekanterne
genitive	trekants	trekantens	trekanters	trekanternes

Further reading

• trekant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Trekant (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From tre (“three”) +‎ kant.

Noun

trekant m (definite singular trekanten, indefinite plural trekanter, definite plural trekantene)

1. (geometry) triangle (polygon)
2. threesome (usually sexual)

Related terms

• trekantet

References

• “trekant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From tre (“three”) +‎ kant.

Noun

trekant m (definite singular trekanten, indefinite plural trekantar, definite plural trekantane)

1. (geometry) triangle (polygon)
2. threesome (usually sexual)

References

• “trekant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en trekant

Alternative forms

• 3-kant, 3:kant, 3kant, 3 kant (uncommon)

Etymology

Compound of tre (“three”) +‎ kant (“edge”). Compare with fyrkant (“square”, literally “four-edge”).

Noun

trekant c

1. triangle (polygon)

   Synonym: triangel

2. threesome

Declension

Declension of trekant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trekant	trekants
	definite	trekanten	trekantens
plural	indefinite	trekanter	trekanters
	definite	trekanterna	trekanternas

Further reading

• “trekant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• trakten