stormaktstid

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of stormakt (“great power”) +‎ tid (“time, period”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²stuːrmaktsˌtiːd/

Noun

stormaktstid c

  1. a period during which a nation is a great power on the global scale

Usage notes

  • The term is especially used in the definite form stormaktstiden as a name of the period in Swedish history from 1611–1721.

Declension

Declension of stormaktstid
nominative genitive
singular indefinite stormaktstid stormaktstids
definite stormaktstiden stormaktstidens
plural indefinite stormaktstider stormaktstiders
definite stormaktstiderna stormaktstidernas

References

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