drabant
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Old Swedish dravant, dravantare, from Middle Low German dravant. Cognate of German Trabant. Further origin disputed. Suggested cognates include Italian trabante, Czech drobit, Persian دربان (darbân).
Noun
[edit]drabant c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | drabant | drabants |
| definite | drabanten | drabantens | |
| plural | indefinite | drabanter | drabanters |
| definite | drabanterna | drabanternas |
Further reading
[edit]- drabant in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- drabant in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)