riksdag
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See also: Riksdag
Swedish[edit]
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]
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Noun[edit]
riksdag c
- 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]
| Declension of riksdag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | riksdag | riksdagen | riksdagar | riksdagarna |
| Genitive | riksdags | riksdagens | riksdagars | riksdagarnas |
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden