billede

From Old Danish beletæ, from Middle Low German bilede, belde, from Old Saxon bilithi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi (“picture, image”), cognate with German Bild. Old Norse bilæti (“icon”) is also borrowed from Low German.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeləðə/, [ˈb̥elð̩ð̩], [ˈb̥elð̩]

billede n (singular definite billedet, plural indefinite billeder, in compounds: billed-)

1. picture, image

   stjæle billedet ― to draw attention to oneself, to overshadow

   tegne et billede af ― to describe, to outline, to portray

2. photo

   tage et billede ― to take a picture

• “billede” in Den Danske Ordbog