svensk
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse svænskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz (“Swedish”), cognate with Swedish svensk. Derived from *swihô (“Swede”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsvɛnˀsk/, [ˈsʋ̥ɛnˀsɡ̊]
Adjective
svensk (plural and definite singular attributive svenske)
- Swedish (relating to the country, people or language of Sweden)
Noun
svensk n (singular definite (rare) svensken)
- the Swedish language
Related terms
- Sverige
- svensker
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse svenskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʋɛnsk/
Adjective
svensk (indefinite singular svensk, definite singular and plural svenske)
- Swedish (of, from or pertaining to Sweden)
Derived terms
- svenskegrense
Noun
svensk m (definite singular svensken, uncountable)
- Swedish (the language)
Related terms
- svenske (noun)
- Sverige
References
- “svensk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse svenskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz.
Adjective
svensk (indefinite singular svensk, definite singular and plural svenske)
- Swedish (of, from or pertaining to Sweden)
Derived terms
- svenskegrense
- svenskehandel
- svenskekonge
- Svenskelandet (“the Swedish coast”)
- svenske m (“(male) Swede”), svenske f (“female Swede”)
- svenskeomn
Noun
svensk m (definite singular svensken, uncountable)
- Swedish (the language)
Related terms
- svenske (noun)
- Sverige
References
- “svensk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Adjective
svensk
- strong feminine nominative singular of svenskr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of svenskr
Swedish
Alternative forms
- swensk, Swensk, swänsk, Swänsk (all obsolete)
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)
- Swedish; of or pertaining to Sweden or the Swedish language
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 | |||
Related terms
- helsvensk
- osvensk
- svenska
- svenskhet
Noun
svensk c (feminine: svenska)
- a Swede; person from Sweden
Declension
| Declension of svensk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | svensk | svensken | svenskar | svenskarna |
| Genitive | svensks | svenskens | svenskars | svenskarnas |
Derived terms
- partysvensk
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Dalian svenska (“to write or speak Swedish.”)
Pronunciation
- (Överkalix) IPA(key): /swensk/[1]
Verb
svensk (preterite & supine svenskä)
- (intransitive) To speak Swedish.[1][2]
- (intransitive) To attitudinise to speak good Swedish.[2]
Noun
svensk ?
- Swedish.[1]
- tala swensk ― to speak Swedish
References
- Källskog, Margareta, 1992 Attityd, interferens, genitivsyntax. Studier i nutida Överkalixmål [Attitudes, interference, genitive syntax. Studies in the present-day dialect of Överkalix] (in Swedish), Uppsala: Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet, p. 37, →ISBN
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Svensk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 703