vrijdnost

Vrijdnost is not a standard form in the major South Slavic languages. The commonly used noun for value or worth in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian (Latin script) is vrijednost, while in Serbian Cyrillic it is vrijednost. When encountered as vrijdnost, it is typically a misspelling, a dialectal variant, or a transcription error rather than a standard spelling.

Etymology and sense

The word derives from a Slavic root meaning value or worth, with a suffix that forms abstract nouns. The core meaning centers on the degree to which something is considered valuable, important, or priced.

Usage and domains

In philosophy and ethics, vrijednost denotes intrinsic or normative importance—what makes something valuable beyond its price. In economics and everyday language, it refers to monetary value or market worth. In mathematics and computer science, the equivalent concept is the value of a variable or function at a given input; although the Latin-script form is vrijednost, the idea remains the same: a numeric or evaluative value associated with an entity or expression.

orthography and translation

When translating to English, vrijednost is typically rendered as “value,” “worth,” or “price,” depending on context. The form vrijdnost should be regarded as nonstandard unless cited from a specific dialect or source. The term is closely related across South Slavic languages, with minor spelling variations reflecting standard orthographies rather than distinct meanings.

See also

Value (philosophy), Value (economics), Value (mathematics), Worth.