majestät

majestät

Swedish

Alternative forms

• (as title) Majestät

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish maiestat, maiestät. Borrowed from Latin maiestās (“majesty”), ultimately derived from Latin magnus (“great, grand, mighty, noble”) First attested in 1501.[1]

Cognate with English majesty, Dutch majesteit, French majesté, German Majestät, Italian maestà, Norwegian Bokmål majestet, Norwegian Nynorsk majestet, Portuguese majestade, Romanian maiestate, and Spanish majestad.

Noun

majestät n

1. majesty

   Synonym: maj:t

Declension

Declension of majestät
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	majestät	majestätet	majestäter	majestäterna
Genitive	majestäts	majestätets	majestäters	majestäternas

Declension of majestät
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	majestät	majestätet	majestät	majestäten
Genitive	majestäts	majestätets	majestäts	majestätens

Descendants

• → Finnish: majesteetti

See also

• Maj:t (“Majesty”)
• Maj:ts (“Majesty's; Majestys'”), maj:ts (“majesty's; majestys'”)

References

1. majestät in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• majestät in Svensk ordbok.