hjälte

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Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German helt, from Old Saxon helid, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛlˌtɛ/
  • (file)

Noun

hjälte c (feminine: hjältinna)

  1. a hero, a person (of any sex) of great bravery
  2. the main male protagonist in a work of fiction

Declension

Declension of hjälte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hjälte hjälten hjältar hjältarna
Genitive hjältes hjältens hjältars hjältarnas

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