Sverige

Danish

Alternative forms
  • Sverrig (archaic, fell out of use after 1950)

Etymology

From Old Norse Svíaríki, from Svía (“of Swedes”) +‎ ríki (“kingdom”). Cognate with Swedish Sverige, Old English Swēorīċe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrˀiə/, [ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀi], [ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀjə]

Proper noun

Sverige

  1. Sweden

Greenlandic

Proper noun

Sverige

  1. Sweden

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋæɾjə/

Proper noun

Sverige n

  1. Sweden

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrjə/

Proper noun

Sverige n

  1. Sweden

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • Swerige (obsolete)

Etymology

svea (“of the Swedes”) +‎ rike (“realm”). From Old Swedish Sver(i)ghe, Sverike, Sværike.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /¹svɛrjɛ/, [¹s̪værjɛ̠]
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Proper noun

Sverige n (genitive Sveriges)

  1. Sweden
    Synonym: (solemn or poetic) Svea rike

References
  1. Sverige in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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