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tjänst

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish thienst, þiǣnist, þiānist (“service, decoration of honor”), possibly from Old Saxon thionust or Old Frisian thianost, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz. Akin to German Dienst, Dutch dienst.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɕɛnst/
  • Audio (Gotland)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnst

Noun edit

tjänst c

  1. a favor
    Kan du göra mig en tjänst?
    Could you do me a favor?
  2. a position, a job, an employment, especially a public office (including jobs such as permanently employed teachers)
    Jag har haft olika vikariat, men jag hoppas snart få en tjänst.
    I have had temporary employments, replacing people on leaves, but I hope soon getting a permanent position.
  3. service
    en medalj för lång och trogen tjänst
    a medal for long service and devotion
    (literally, “a medal for long and faithful service”)

Declension edit

Declension of tjänst 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tjänst tjänsten tjänster tjänsterna
Genitive tjänsts tjänstens tjänsters tjänsternas

Derived terms edit

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