mejeri

Danish

Etymology

From German Meierei, from Meier (“manager”) +‎ -ei, from Medieval Latin maior (domūs) (“administrator”), from maior (“larger”), the comparative of magnus. Compare also English mayor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑjɐˈʁiˀ]

Noun

mejeri n (singular definite mejeriet, plural indefinite mejerier)

1. dairy (a place for processing milk)
2. dairying (processing of milk)

Declension

Declension of mejeri

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mejeri	mejeriet	mejerier	mejerierne
genitive	mejeris	mejeriets	mejeriers	mejeriernes

Swedish

Noun

mejeri n

1. a dairy (processing milk into products such as butter and cheese)

Declension

Declension of mejeri

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mejeri	mejeris
	definite	mejeriet	mejeriets
plural	indefinite	mejerier	mejeriers
	definite	mejerierna	mejeriernas

Derived terms

• mejeriprodukt (“dairy product”)

References

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