allmänhet
Swedish
Etymology
allmän + -het
Pronunciation
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Noun
allmänhet c
- public; people in general
- 1867, Malmström, Bernhard Elis, Samlade skrifter: Grunddragen af svenska vitterheters historia. 5 vol. 1866-68, N.M. Lindh, Volume 2, page 454:
- Allmänheter, såsom alla mäktiga, älska ej gerna att höra sina fel.
- Publics, as all powerful, does not love to hear their faults.
- Allmänheter, såsom alla mäktiga, älska ej gerna att höra sina fel.
- 1867, Malmström, Bernhard Elis, Samlade skrifter: Grunddragen af svenska vitterheters historia. 5 vol. 1866-68, N.M. Lindh, Volume 2, page 454:
Usage notes
- Plural is rare.
- "Språket", Sveriges Radio, P1, on February 22, 2011, discussed a specialized use of this word among police and guards, en allmänhet (“a commoner, member of the common people”), referring to one person not directly involved in a crime, but a potential witness. See also personal.
Declension
| Declension of allmänhet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | allmänhet | allmänheten | allmänheter | allmänheterna |
| Genitive | allmänhets | allmänhetens | allmänheters | allmänheternas |
Related terms
- allmänning
- i allmänhet