"Er han her nogensinde?"

Translation: Is he ever here?

[wojo4hitz]

Anyone know the origin of the word "nogensinde?" Maybe i could remember it better if i knew where it came from...

[awefulwaffle]

I pieced together information about the adverb of time nogensinde from two grammar books. Sorry, it doesn't directly answer your question with something simple, but you can see that there is a pattern to forming many adverbs that are derivatives of other words.

Start with the indefinite pronoun that means some/any, something/ anything, someone/ anyone:

• nogen - common gender
• noget - neuter
• nogel (nogen) - plural

Form the adverb by adding the suffix +sinde to the indefinite pronoun, for example:

• nogensinde = ever
• ingensinde = never

Forms in -sinde express time.

Forms in -ledes and -lunder express manner, for example, nogenledes and nogenlunder both = fairly.

Forms in -steds express location, for example, nogetsteds = anywhere.

Forms in -e (for example, ikke = not, bare = only) include a subcategory of adverbs of place (for example, ude = outside, ovre = over)

Sources: Danish: An Essential Grammar - The PDF of the 2000 edition is available on the web. The new 2015 text Danish: A Comprehensive is partially available on the web as a g00gle book preview.

[LuciaLittle]

how many words for ever does there exist? and how do you use each one?

[orionoda]

nogensinde is always placed at the end?
f.eks: Er du træt nogensinde eller er du nogensinde træt?
btw, meaning is like 'do you ever get tired' or something like that

[RidderJakob]

Nope, in your example, it would sound most natural by saying "Er du nogensinde træt"

[skywalker735]

Well, if there's an adjective then 'nogensinde' must be placed before it?

[orionoda]

thanks!