svensk

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Danish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse svænskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz (“Swedish”), cognate with Swedish svensk. Derived from *swihô (“Swede”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

svensk (plural and definite singular attributive svenske)

  1. Swedish (relating to the country, people or language of Sweden)

Noun

svensk n (singular definite (rare) svensken)

  1. the Swedish language

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse svenskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

svensk (indefinite singular svensk, definite singular and plural svenske)

  1. Swedish (of, from or pertaining to Sweden)

Derived terms

Noun

svensk m (definite singular svensken, uncountable)

  1. Swedish (the language)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse svenskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz.

Adjective

svensk (indefinite singular svensk, definite singular and plural svenske)

  1. Swedish (of, from or pertaining to Sweden)

Derived terms

Noun

svensk m (definite singular svensken, uncountable)

  1. Swedish (the language)

References

Old Norse

Adjective

svensk

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of svenskr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of svenskr

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse svenskr, sœnskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz (“Swedish”), from *swihô (“Swede”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɛnːsk/
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Adjective

svensk (comparative svenskare, superlative svenskast)

  1. Swedish; of or pertaining to Sweden or the Swedish language
    en gammal svensk tradition
    an old Swedish tradition
    två svenska män
    two Swedish men
    svenska stavningsregler
    Swedish spelling rules
    (det) svenska språket
    the Swedish language
    (det) svenska köket
    Swedish cuisine

Declension

Inflection of svensk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular svensk svenskare svenskast
Neuter singular svenskt svenskare svenskast
Plural svenska svenskare svenskast
Masculine plural3 svenske svenskare svenskast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 svenske svenskare svenskaste
All svenska svenskare svenskaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

Noun

svensk c (feminine: svenska)

  1. a Swede; person from Sweden
    Han/hon är svensk
    He/she is Swedish Swede" – see vara for why there is no article]
    två svenskar
    two Swedes

Declension

Declension of svensk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svensk svensks
definite svensken svenskens
plural indefinite svenskar svenskars
definite svenskarna svenskarnas

Derived terms

See also

References

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