grevskap

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From greve +‎ -skap.

Noun[edit]

grevskap n (definite singular grevskapet, indefinite plural grevskap or grevskaper, definite plural grevskapa or grevskapene)

  1. (historical) the domain of a count (nobleman)
  2. a county (e.g. in Britain and Ireland)
    • 2012, Cecelia Ahern, Bazarforlag AS, Et sted i nærheten[1], →ISBN:
      Jeg er født og oppvokst i Grevskapet Leitrim i Irland, det minste grevskapet i landet, med en befolkning på omtrent 25 000.
      I was born and grew up in County Leitrim in Ireland, the smallest county in the country with a population of around 25,000.

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From greve +‎ -skap.

Noun[edit]

grevskap n (definite singular grevskapet, indefinite plural grevskap, definite plural grevskapa)

  1. (historical) the domain of a count (nobleman)
  2. a county (e.g. in Britain and Ireland)

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish grevaskap, from Middle Low German greveschap. By surface analysis, greve +‎ -skap.

Noun[edit]

grevskap n

  1. county, the domain of a count (nobleman)
  2. a county (e.g. in Britain and Ireland)

Declension[edit]

Declension of grevskap 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grevskap grevskapet grevskap grevskapen
Genitive grevskaps grevskapets grevskaps grevskapens

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