møder

Møder is a Danish word with two related meanings. As a plural noun, it denotes meetings or assemblies, such as business gatherings, council sessions, or informal get-togethers. As the present-tense form of the verb at møde, it means “to meet” (we meet, you meet, they meet). The meaning is determined by context and sentence structure.

Etymology and cognates: The noun møde (plural møder) is cognate with Norwegian Bokmål møte and Swedish möte, all from the Germanic language family. The verb møde shares the same root and the sense of encounter or coming together.

Usage and context: In everyday Danish, møder refer to scheduled gatherings and are common in work, government, and civil life. Phrases include afholde et møde (to hold a meeting), indkalde til møde (to summon a meeting), and dagsorden for mødet or dagsordenen for møderne (the agenda for the meeting or meetings). The definite plural form is møderne.

Variants and related terms: Danish often creates specific terms for different contexts, such as udvalgsmøde (committee meeting), teammøde or teammøder (team meeting), frokostmøde (lunch meeting), and webmøde or videomøde for online meetings. Minutes from a meeting are called referat fra mødet.

See also: For related concepts, see møde (singular) and dagsorden.