fyrverkeri

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

Calque of German Feuerwerk, same as Swedish fyrverkeri and Danish fyrværkeri.

Compare also Dutch and Afrikaans vuurwerk, English fireworks, Russian фейерверк (fejerverk).

Noun[edit]

fyrverkeri n (definite singular fyrverkeriet, indefinite plural fyrverkeri or fyrverkerier, definite plural fyrverkeria or fyrverkeriene)

  1. a firework
  2. fireworks (the singular form can also mean a display of fireworks)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

Calque of German Feuerwerk, same as Swedish fyrverkeri and Danish fyrværkeri.

Compare also Dutch and Afrikaans vuurwerk, English fireworks, Russian фейерверк (fejerverk).

Noun[edit]

fyrverkeri n (definite singular fyrverkeriet, indefinite plural fyrverkeri, definite plural fyrverkeria)

  1. a firework
  2. fireworks (the singular form can also mean a display of fireworks)

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Swedish[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of German Feuerwerk through older Swedish feurvärkerij, same as Norwegian Nynorsk fyrverkeri and Danish fyrværkeri.

Compare also Dutch and Afrikaans vuurwerk, English fireworks, Russian фейерверк (fejerverk).

Noun[edit]

fyrverkeri n

  1. (often in the plural) fireworks (fireworks display)
    kolla på fyrverkeri(er)
    watch fireworks
    kolla på fyrverkerierna
    watch the fireworks
  2. (often in the plural) fireworks ((set of) firework devices (for a fireworks display))
    Synonym: fyrverkeripjäser

Usage notes[edit]

Usually refers to a single fireworks display in both the singular and plural in (sense 1).

Declension[edit]

Declension of fyrverkeri 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fyrverkeri fyrverkeriet fyrverkerier fyrverkerierna
Genitive fyrverkeris fyrverkeriets fyrverkeriers fyrverkeriernas

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