fredsverk

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Swedish

Etymology

From fred +‎ -s- +‎ verk, cognate with German Friedenswerk.

Noun

fredsverk n

  1. a peace (established), a peace treaty (the result of peace negotiation)
  2. a peace (maintained), a peacekeeping effort (the labour of negotiating and maintaining good peace)
    men någon sammanhängande beskrifning om underhandlingarnes början och fortgång, samt om fredsverkets vidmagthållande med nämnde stater, hafva vi ännu icke erhållit.
    but any comprehensive description of the negotiations' start and continuation, and of the keeping of the peace with the aforementioned states, have we not yet received.

Declension

Declension of fredsverk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fredsverk fredsverket fredsverk fredsverken
Genitive fredsverks fredsverkets fredsverks fredsverkens

References

  1. ^ Friedenswerk in Carl Auerbach, Tysk-svensk ordbok (1932)