heraldik

See also: Heraldik

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [hɛralˈdiːk]

Noun

heraldik c (singular definite heraldikken, not used in plural form)

1. heraldry

Declension

Declension of heraldik

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	heraldik	heraldikken
genitive	heraldiks	heraldikkens

Further reading

• “heraldik” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “heraldik” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French héraldique (see there for more). Attested since 1746. Cognate with härold.

Hellquist (1922) asserts a derivation from German instead, ultimately from the same roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛ.ralˈdiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Hyphenation (morphemic): herald‧ik

Noun

heraldik c (uncountable)

1. heraldry

Declension

Declension of heraldik

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	heraldik	heraldiks
	definite	heraldiken	heraldikens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• heraldisk
• heraldiker
• heraldisera
• kvasiheraldik
• pseudoheraldik

References

• “heraldik”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• heraldik in the Ontology of Heraldry (HERO)
• Hellquist, Elof (1922), Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish Etymologic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, →OCLC, page 233: “heraldik = ty., avledn. av mlat. heraldus ( = härold; se d. o.); egentl. alltså: vetenskap för härolder, syftande därpå att tidigast undersökningen o. studiet av sköldmärkena (o. d.) väsentligen var häroldernas sak.”
• Wasling, Jesper (2021), Waslings heraldiska ordbok [Wasling’s Heraldic Dictionary] (in Swedish), Stockholm: Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC