statsminister
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From stat (“state”) + -s- + minister (“minister”).
Noun
[edit]statsminister c (definite singular statsministeren, indefinite plural statsministre, definite plural statsministrene)
- a prime minister (in a Westminster-style democracy, the chief member of the cabinet and head of the government)
- Synonym: premierminister
Usage notes
[edit]statsminister is mostly used for prime ministers in Nordic countries; other prime ministers are known as premierministre.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]statsminister m (definite singular statsministeren, indefinite plural statsministere or statsministre or statsministrer, definite plural statsministerne or statsministrene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “statsminister” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]statsminister m (definite singular statsministeren, indefinite plural statsministrar, definite plural statsministrane)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “statsminister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- stadsminister (archaic, eggcorn)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]statsminister c
- a prime minister[1][2] (in a Westminster-style democracy, the chief member of the cabinet and head of the government)
Usage notes
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of statsminister
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
Categories:
- Danish terms interfixed with -s-
- Danish compound terms
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Politics
- Norwegian Bokmål terms interfixed with -s-
- Norwegian Bokmål compound terms
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Politics
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms interfixed with -s-
- Norwegian Nynorsk compound terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Politics
- Swedish terms interfixed with -s-
- Swedish compound terms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Government
- sv:Occupations