marskalk

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German marschalk, from Old Saxon *marhskalk, from Proto-West Germanic *marhaskalk, from *marh (“horse”) +‎ *skalk (“servant”).

Noun

marskalk c

1. a marshal

Declension

Declension of marskalk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	marskalk	marskalks
	definite	marskalken	marskalkens
plural	indefinite	marskalkar	marskalkars
	definite	marskalkarna	marskalkarnas

Related terms

• marskalkstav
• riksmarskalk

Descendants

• → Finnish: marsalkka
• → Northern Sami: marskálka

Further reading

• marskalk in Svensk ordbok.