riksdag
See also: Riksdag
Swedish
The Riksdag, the Swedish parliament building.
Etymology
rike + dag. Calque of German Reichstag, where Tag (“a day, a meeting”) and tagen (“to meet”) are not necessarily limited to one day
Pronunciation
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Noun
riksdag c
- a session of parliament
- a parliament, in particular the institutions or the buildings of the Swedish[1] or Finnish parliaments, the old German Reichstag or the present German parliament building
- Synonym: (chiefly foreign) parlament
Declension
| Declension of riksdag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | riksdag | riksdagen | riksdagar | riksdagarna |
| Genitive | riksdags | riksdagens | riksdagars | riksdagarnas |
Related terms
- riksdagsledamot
- riksdagsdebatt
- riksdagsval
See also
- Sveriges riksdag
References
- Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden
Further reading
- riksdag in Svensk ordbok.
- riksdag Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok, Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, 2016.