drabant

Swedish

Etymology

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

drabant c

1. (historical) bodyguard
2. satellite, moon

Declension

Declension of drabant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	drabant	drabants
	definite	drabanten	drabantens
plural	indefinite	drabanter	drabanters
	definite	drabanterna	drabanternas

Further reading

• drabant in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• drabant in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)