statsmakt

Swedish

Etymology

stat +‎ -s- +‎ makt. Compare German Staatsmacht.

Noun

statsmakt c

1. branch of government, organ of state

Usage notes

Typically used in the plural. When used together with ordinals, the first statsmakt is the executive, and the second is the legislature.

Declension

Declension of statsmakt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	statsmakt	statsmakts
	definite	statsmakten	statsmaktens
plural	indefinite	statsmakter	statsmakters
	definite	statsmakterna	statsmakternas

Derived terms

• tredje statsmakten

References

• statsmakt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• statsmakt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• statsmakt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)