bestämmelse

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Swedish

Etymology

bestämma +‎ -else

Noun

bestämmelse c

  1. (law) a provision; a stipulation, a proviso
    Här kan du läsa om vilka bestämmelser som gäller ombord på tågen.
    Here you can read about which provisions are in effect onboard the trains.
  2. a destination, a destiny, a mission
    Detta är qvinnans bestämmelse! Ett högt, gudomligt kall!
    This is woman's mission! A high, divine calling!
    proletariatet, som stod långt under sin bestämmelse
    the proleatriat, which stood far below its destiny
    Trollhätte, Södertälje och Strömsholms m. fl. kanaler hava börjat med mindre patriotiskt buller, men likafullt uppfyllt sina bestämmelser.
    Trollhätte, Södertälje and Strömsholm and other canals have started with less patriotic rumbling, but still filled their missions.

Declension

Declension of bestämmelse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bestämmelse bestämmelsen bestämmelser bestämmelserna
Genitive bestämmelses bestämmelsens bestämmelsers bestämmelsernas

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