både

• IPA^(key): /bɔːðə/, [ˈb̥ɔðð̩]

From Old Norse báðir (“both”), a combination of Proto-Germanic *bai and the demonstrative pronoun þeir, cf. Old English bā þā (English both) and Old High German beide (German beide).

både

1. both

   in the combinations både ... og "both ... and" and (proscribed) både ... men også, lit. "both ... but also".

både

1. (obsolete) both
   • 1805, Adam Oehlenschlaeger, Vaulundurs Saga:

     Konning Nidudr ... greb sit Sværd med baade Hænder. ("King Nidudr ... took the sword with both hands.")

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

“baade, 4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Middle Low German bate, from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement”), cognate with Dutch baat (“profit”) and Icelandic bati (“recovery”).

både c (singular definite båden, plural indefinite båder)

1. (archaic) advantage, profit

“baade, 1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Middle Low German baten, batten, from Proto-Germanic *batāną (“to improve”), cognate with Dutch baten (“to avail”). Doublet of batte.

både (imperative båd, infinitive at både, present tense båder, past tense bådede, perfect tense har bådet)

1. (dated) to be useful, help

“både, 1” in Den Danske Ordbog “baade, 2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

både c

1. indefinite plural of båd

From Old Norse bæði.

både

1. both

   både ... og - both ... and

• “både” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse báðir, bæði. Akin to English both.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːdə/

både

1. both

   både ... og - both ... and

• båe

• “både” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish bāþe, from Old Norse báðir (“both”), from Proto-Germanic *bai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₁. Cognate with English both.

• (Central Sweden) IPA^(key): /²boːdɛ/, [²boə̯d̪ɛ̠]
• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ˈboːde/

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både

1. both; each of (out of two)

   Ta med både den lilla och den stora.

   Bring both the little one and the big one.

• både och

• båda

• [1] in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• både in Svensk ordbok.

• IPA^(key): /bɔːt/

både f

1. jenny (female donkey)

• bådet