tragöd

Swedish

Etymology

From German Tragöde, from Latin tragoedus, from Ancient Greek τραγῳδός (tragōidós).

Noun

tragöd c

1. tragedian (playwright who writes tragedies)
   • 1899, Verner von Heidenstam, “Karl XII och det tragiska”, in Tankar och teckningar‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page 41:

     Sverige [skall] en dag bevittna hur [Karl XII:s] enkla stenkista bekransas af kommande tragöder.

     Sweden will one day witness how Charles XII's simple stone coffin is garlanded by future tragedians.

   • 1928, Viktor Rydberg, Den siste athenaren‎^[2], Hedlund & Lindskog, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page 116:

     Platon, deras förste tänkare, var en idealt skön man; Sofokles, deras störste tragöd, likaledes.

     Plato, their first thinker, was an ideally beautiful man; Sophocles, their greatest tragedian, was too.

2. (rare) tragedian (actor who specializes in tragic roles)

Declension

Declension of tragöd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tragöd	tragöds
	definite	tragöden	tragödens
plural	indefinite	tragöder	tragöders
	definite	tragöderna	tragödernas

Synonyms

• tragiker

References

• “tragöd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)