främlingslegion

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of French légion étrangère, equivalent to främling +‎ -s- +‎ legion.

Noun

främlingslegion c

1. foreign legion

Usage notes

Almost exclusively in the definite form and in reference to the French Foreign Legion.

Declension

Declension of främlingslegion
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	främlingslegion	främlingslegionen	främlingslegioner	främlingslegionerna
Genitive	främlingslegions	främlingslegionens	främlingslegioners	främlingslegionernas

Derived terms

• främlingslegionär

References

• främlingslegion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• främlingslegion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• främlingslegion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)