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)

  1. Swedish (relating to the country, people or language of Sweden)

Noun

svensk n (singular definite (rare) svensken)

  1. the Swedish language

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)

  1. Swedish (of, from or pertaining to Sweden)

Derived terms

Noun

svensk m (definite singular svensken, uncountable)

  1. Swedish (the language)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse svenskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz.

Adjective

svensk (indefinite singular svensk, definite singular and plural svenske)

  1. 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)

  1. Swedish (the language)

References

Old Norse

Adjective

svensk

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of svenskr
  2. 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)

  1. 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

Noun

svensk c (feminine: svenska)

  1. 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

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Cognate with Dalian svenska (“to write or speak Swedish.”)

Pronunciation
  • (Överkalix) IPA(key): /swensk/[1]

Verb

svensk (preterite & supine svenskä)

  1. (intransitive) To speak Swedish.[1][2]
  2. (intransitive) To attitudinise to speak good Swedish.[2]

Noun

svensk ?

  1. Swedish.[1]
    tala swensk ― to speak Swedish

References
  1. 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
  2. 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
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