Inherited from Old Swedish maiestat, maiestät. Borrowed from Latin maiestās (“majesty”), ultimately derived from Latin magnus (“great, grand, mighty, noble”) First attested in 1501.[1]
Cognate with English majesty, Dutch majesteit, French majesté, German Majestät, Italian maestà, Norwegian Bokmål majestet, Norwegian Nynorsk majestet, Portuguese majestade, Romanian maiestate, and Spanish majestad.
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nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | majestät | majestäts |
definite | majestätet | majestätets | |
plural | indefinite | majestäter | majestäters |
definite | majestäterna | majestäternas |
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | majestät | majestäts |
definite | majestätet | majestätets | |
plural | indefinite | majestät | majestäts |
definite | majestäten | majestätens |