Sverige

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Danish[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

  • Sverrig (archaic, fell out of use after 1950)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Svíaríki, from Svía (“of Swedes”) +‎ ríki (“kingdom”). Cognate with Swedish Sverige, Old English Swēorīċe.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrˀiə/, [ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀi], [ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀjə]

Proper noun[edit]

Sverige

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)

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Greenlandic[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Sverige

  1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Sverige n

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Sverige n

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)

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Swedish[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From svea (“of the Swedes”) +‎ rike (“realm”). From Old Swedish Sverghe, Sverighe, Sverike, Sværike.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrjɛ/, [ˈs̪værjɛ̠]
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Proper noun[edit]

Sverige n (genitive Sveriges)

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)
    Synonyms: (solemn or poetic) Svea rike, (colloquial) Svedala, (humorous) Svärje

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Sverige in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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