No. 545 in Danish
selve
"Selve" means "the very" or "the actual" in English.
In a sentence
Han er selve definitionen af venlighed.
He is the very definition of kindness.
Here 'selve' emphasizes the subject as epitomizing the definition of kindness, adding intensity.
Det var selve grunden til, at jeg blev hjemme.
That was the very reason I stayed home.
In this sentence, 'selve' underlines that it was the specific and exact reason.
Selve bogen var en gave fra hende.
The book itself was a gift from her.
The usage of 'selve' here points to the book as being the actual object referred to.
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