jomfrubur

Danish

Etymology

jomfru (“virgin”) +‎ bur (“cage”)

Noun

jomfrubur n (singular definite jomfruburet, plural indefinite jomfrubure)

  1. (historical) rooms or houses where young unmarried women lived
    1. (by extension, humorous) a young girl's room

Inflection

Declension of jomfrubur
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jomfrubur jomfruburet jomfrubure jomfruburene
genitive jomfruburs jomfruburets jomfrubures jomfruburenes
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