drabant

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Old Swedish dravant, dravantare, from Middle Low German dravant. Cognate of German Trabant. Further origin disputed. Suggested cognates include Italian trabante, Czech drobit, Persian دربان (darbân).

Noun

drabant c

1. (historical) bodyguard
2. satellite, moon

Declension

Declension of drabant
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	drabant	drabanten	drabanter	drabanterna
Genitive	drabants	drabantens	drabanters	drabanternas

Further reading

• drabant in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• drabant in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)