jordreform

Swedish

Etymology

jord +‎ reform, from German Bodenreform, used since 1908.

Noun

jordreform c

1. a land reform (an economic and political reformation in ownership and distribution of land)

Usage notes

• The large land reforms in Sweden in 1807 and 1827, shifting villages into individual farms, were called skifte (shift).

Declension

Declension of jordreform
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	jordreform	jordreformen	jordreformer	jordreformerna
Genitive	jordreforms	jordreformens	jordreformers	jordreformernas

References

• jordreform in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jordreform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)