rikssvenska

Swedish

Etymology 1

Adjective

rikssvenska

1. inflection of rikssvensk:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Compound of riks- (“national”) +‎ svenska (“Swedish”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rɪksˌsvɛnska/
• Hyphenation: riks‧sven‧ska

Noun

rikssvenska c

1. the standard linguistic variety of Swedish, without any dialectal features

   Synonyms: standardsvenska, högsvenska

2. (Finland) the variety of Swedish spoken in Sweden, as opposed to Finland Swedish

   Synonym: sverigesvenska

   Coordinate term: finlandssvenska

Declension

Declension of rikssvenska

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rikssvenska	rikssvenskas
	definite	rikssvenskan	rikssvenskans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Hypernyms

• riksspråk

Hyponyms

• regionalt riksspråk

Related terms

• rikssvensk

References

• “rikssvenska”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “riksspråk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)