allmakt

Swedish

Etymology

From German Allmacht, equivalent to all +‎ makt. Compare Dutch almacht and Danish almagt.

Noun

allmakt c (uncountable)

1. omnipotence

   Synonym: allsmäktighet

   • 2005 December 9, Nils Johan Tjärnlund, “Premiär för Alfred Nobels kontroversiella drama”, in Sveriges Radio‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 January 2025:

     "Att en gud existerar betvivlar jag egentligen ej, ty skapelsen talar stumt men dock vältaligt om hans allmakt."

     "I don't really doubt that a god exists, for creation speaks silently, but eloquently, of his omnipotence."

   • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎^[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 13 August 2010, §268:

     Av alla egenskaper Gud utrustas med är hans allmakt den enda som uttryckligen nämns i trosbekännelsen.

     Of all the divine attributes, only God's omnipotence is explicitly named in the Creed.

Declension

Declension of allmakt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	allmakt	allmakts
	definite	allmakten	allmaktens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “allmakt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)