modgang

Danish

Etymology

Compound of mod +‎ gang. Compare Norwegian Bokmål motgang, Swedish motgång.

Pronunciation

Noun

modgang c (singular definite modgangen, not used in plural form)

  1. adversity
    Antonym: medgang
    Han har altid haft svært ved at håndtere den mindste smule modgang.
    He has always found it difficult to handle the slightest bit of adversity.
    Undertiden kan modgang hjælpe os til at blive stærkere.
    Sometimes adversity can help us to become stronger.

Declension

Declension of modgang
common
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative modgang modgangen
genitive modgangs modgangens

Derived terms

References

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