riksdag
See also: Riksdag
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]rike + dag. Calque of German Reichstag, where Tag (“a day, a meeting”) and tagen (“to meet”) are not necessarily limited to one day
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
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- a session of parliament
- a parliament, in particular the institutions or the buildings of the Swedish[1] or Finnish parliaments, the old German Reichstag or the present German parliament building
- Synonym: (chiefly foreign) parlament
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | riksdag | riksdags |
| definite | riksdagen | riksdagens | |
| plural | indefinite | riksdagar | riksdagars |
| definite | riksdagarna | riksdagarnas |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden