jordreform

Swedish

Etymology

jord +‎ reform, from German Bodenreform, used since 1908.

Noun

jordreform c

1. a land reform (an economic and political reformation in ownership and distribution of land)

Usage notes

• The large land reforms in Sweden in 1807 and 1827, shifting villages into individual farms, were called skifte (shift).

Declension

Declension of jordreform

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jordreform	jordreforms
	definite	jordreformen	jordreformens
plural	indefinite	jordreformer	jordreformers
	definite	jordreformerna	jordreformernas

References

• jordreform in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jordreform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)