# absurditet
## Albanian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin absurditas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ab.suɾditɛt]

### Noun

absurditet m (plural absurditete, definite absurditeti, definite plural absurditetet)
* absurdity

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “absurditet”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
* “absurditet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Danish
### Etymology

absurd +‎ -itet

### Noun

absurditet c (singular definite absurditeten, plural indefinite absurditeter)
* absurdity

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French absurdité (“absurdity”), from Middle French absurdité, from Latin absurditās (“dissonance, absurdity”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”) (with the suffix -tās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”).
Equivalent to absurd +‎ -itet, with the suffix from German -ität, from French -ité, from the suffix -itātem, accusative of -itās, from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /absʉɖɪˈteːt/, /absʉʁdɪˈteːt/, /apsʉɖɪˈteːt/, /apsʉʁdɪˈteːt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːt
* Hyphenation: ab‧surd‧it‧et

### Noun

absurditet m (definite singular absurditeten, indefinite plural absurditeter, definite plural absurditetene)
* absurdity (the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth)
** 1939, Knut Hamsun, Artikler, page 30:dette kvindelige herskervæsen, der sammen med al unatur forøvrigt gør livet til en absurditetthis female ruler who, together with all the unnatural, makes life an absurdity
** 1892, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter III, page 211:absurditeten af de forklaringer, [dikteren] underskyter sine oplevelserthe absurdity of the explanations [the poet] underlies his experiences
** 1974, Dag Coucheron, Nattsider, page 30:avhandling om livets absurditetdissertation on the absurdity of life
** 2015 March 21, Dagsavisen, page 49:begge verk har en fortellende struktur og en leken absurditetboth works have a narrative structure and a playful absurdity
* an absurdity or absurdism (that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction)
    Synonym: absurdisme
    å komme med absurditeterto come up with absurdities
** 2005, Ole O. Moen, USA:de får utgyte sine absurditeter uten motvekt fra den andre sidenthey are allowed to shed their absurdities without counterweight from the other side
* words, expressions, actions, etc. which show that life is absurd
** 1975, Bergens Tidende, page 5:Ionescos absurditeter er kommet til veis endeIonesco's absurdities have come to an end
** 2000, Jan Erik Vold, Mørkets sangerske, page 525:[Gunvor] Hofmos tankespinn leder til absurditeter og groteskerier hinsides det rimelige[Gunvor] Hofmo's thoughts lead to absurdities and grotesques beyond the reasonable

#### Related terms

* absurd
* absurdisme
* absurdist
* absurdistisk
* absurdteater
* ad absurdum
* in absurdum

### References

* “absurditet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “absurditet” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “absurditet” in Store norske leksikon

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin absurditas, via French absurdité.

### Noun

absurditet m (definite singular absurditeten, indefinite plural absurditetar, definite plural absurditetane)
* absurdity

#### Related terms

* absurd

### References

* “absurditet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

absurd +‎ -itet

### Noun

absurditet c
* an absurdity