hyldest

Danish

Etymology

From hylde (“to praise, to exalt”, verb).

Noun

hyldest c (singular definite hyldesten, plural indefinite hyldester)

1. homage, tribute (demonstration of respect)

   Hyldest til Catalonien (George Orwell book) ― Homage to Catalonia

   • 2016 December 2, “Det periodiske system: Fire nye grundstoffer er døbt”, in Videnskab.dk‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-04-07:

     Endelig har Oganesson,^[sic] atomtegn Og, fået sit navn af sine russiske skabere som en hyldest til den store russiske fysiker Yuri Oganessian.

     Finally, oganesson, atomic sign Og, got its name from its Russian creators as a tribute to the great Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian.

2. homage (artistic work imitating another in a flattering style)

Declension

Declension of hyldest

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hyldest	hyldesten	hyldester	hyldesterne
genitive	hyldests	hyldestens	hyldesters	hyldesternes

References

• “hyldest” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hyldest” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog