bödel

See also: bodel

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bodel, from Old Saxon budil, from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“bailiff, one who carries out an order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bøːˈdɛl/

Noun

bödel c

1. an executioner

   Synonym: (that beheads) skarprättare

Declension

Declension of bödel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bödel	bödeln	bödlar	bödlarna
Genitive	bödels	bödelns	bödlars	bödlarnas

References

• bödel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bödel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bödel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bödel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)