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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Declension of majestät | ||||
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Nominative | majestät | majestätet | majestäter | majestäterna |
Genitive | majestäts | majestätets | majestäters | majestäternas |
Declension of majestät | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | majestät | majestätet | majestät | majestäten |
Genitive | majestäts | majestätets | majestäts | majestätens |