läkare

Swedish

Etymology

From late Old Swedish lǣkiare, remade (by way of the agent suffix -are) from earlier Old Swedish lǣkir, from (east) Old Norse *lækir (cf. Old West Norse læknir), from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Equivalent to läka (“heal”) +‎ -are (“-er”). Identical in formation to Norwegian Nynorsk lækjar and Proto-Slavic *lěkařь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɛːkarɛ/

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Noun

läkare c

1. doctor, physician

   Synonym: doktor

Declension

Declension of läkare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	läkare	läkares
	definite	läkaren	läkarens
plural	indefinite	läkare	läkares
	definite	läkarna	läkarnas

Descendants

• → Finnish: lääkäri

See also

• helare (“healer (in the English sense)”)

References

• “läkare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “läkare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “läkare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH