högsvenska
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Compound of hög (“high”) + svenska (“Swedish”), compare Hochdeutsch and høgnorsk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
högsvenska c
- (chiefly Finland) the standard linguistic version Finland Swedish, without fennicisms, and as opposed to dialectal Finland Swedish
- (Sweden, obsolete) Standard Swedish
Declension edit
Declension of högsvenska | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | högsvenska | högsvenskan | — | — |
Genitive | högsvenskas | högsvenskans | — | — |
Synonyms edit
- finlandssvenskt riksspråk, standardfinlandssvenska (sense 1)
- rikssvenska, standardsvenska (sense 2)