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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛnˀsk/, [ˈsʋ̥ɛnˀsɡ̊]

Adjective

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svensk (plural and definite singular attributive svenske)

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

Noun

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svensk n (singular definite (rare) svensken)

  1. the Swedish language
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

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Noun

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svensk m (definite singular svensken, uncountable)

  1. Swedish (the language)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

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

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Noun

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svensk m (definite singular svensken, uncountable)

  1. Swedish (the language)
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Old Norse

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Adjective

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svensk

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

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /svɛnːsk/
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Adjective

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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 [sometimes nominalized, skipping the "det" – see den]
    (det) svenska köket
    Swedish cuisine [the Swedish kitchen] [sometimes nominalized, like above]

Declension

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Inflection of svensk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular svensk svenskare svenskast
neuter singular svenskt svenskare svenskast
plural svenska svenskare svenskast
masculine plural2 svenske svenskare svenskast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 svenske svenskare svenskaste
all svenska svenskare svenskaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Noun

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svensk c (feminine: svenska)

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

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See also

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