Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

odense

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: odense
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The largest city in the Region of Southern Denmark (Region Syddanmark) and third-largest city in Denmark.

name

Odense Municipality (Odense Kommune), the municipality of which the city of Odense is administrative centre.

name

An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States, named after the Danish city. See Odense, Kansas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Example Sentences

"In the policy document, Odense municipality listed several matters to be considered when deciding what to put up for contracting.[…]The policy document gives the broad guidelines for contracting out in Odense."

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Odense.

Origin

Source language: Danish

Word Breakdown

Root: Odense

Phrases

City of Odense

Questions

What does odense mean?: The largest city in the Region of Southern Denmark (Region Syddanmark) and third-largest city in Denmark.
Where does odense come from?: It is traced to Danish.

How to pronounce odense

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