stormaktstid

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of stormakt (“great power”) +‎ tid (“time, period”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²stuːrmaktsˌtiːd/

Noun

stormaktstid c

1. a period during which a nation is a great power on the global scale

Usage notes

• The term is especially used in the definite form stormaktstiden as a name of the period in Swedish history from 1611–1721.

Declension

Declension of stormaktstid

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stormaktstid	stormaktstids
	definite	stormaktstiden	stormaktstidens
plural	indefinite	stormaktstider	stormaktstiders
	definite	stormaktstiderna	stormaktstidernas

References

• stormaktstid in Svensk ordbok (SO)