riksdag
See also: Riksdag
Swedish
editEtymology
editrike + dag. Calque of German Reichstag, where Tag (“a day, a meeting”) and tagen (“to meet”) are not necessarily limited to one day
Pronunciation
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Noun
editriksdag c
- a session of parliament
- a parliament, in particular the institutions or the buildings of the Swedish[1] or Finnish parliaments, the old German Reichstag or the present German parliament building
- Synonym: (chiefly foreign) parlament
Declension
editDeclension of riksdag | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
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Nominative | riksdag | riksdagen | riksdagar | riksdagarna |
Genitive | riksdags | riksdagens | riksdagars | riksdagarnas |
Related terms
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editReferences
edit- ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden