riksdag

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Swedish

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The Riksdag, the Swedish parliament building.

Etymology

rike +‎ dag. Calque of German Reichstag, where Tag (a day, a meeting) and tagen (to meet) are not necessarily limited to one day

Pronunciation

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Noun

riksdag c

  1. a session of parliament
  2. a parliament, in particular the institutions or the buildings of the Swedish[1] or Finnish parliaments, the old German Reichstag or the present German parliament building
    Synonym: (chiefly foreign) parlament

Declension

Declension of riksdag
nominative genitive
singular indefinite riksdag riksdags
definite riksdagen riksdagens
plural indefinite riksdagar riksdagars
definite riksdagarna riksdagarnas

See also

References

  1. ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden

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