Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From tjänst +‎ -e- +‎ adel, used since 1815, cognate with German Dienstadel.

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tjänsteadel c

  1. service nobility (a non-hereditary class of military or civil servants exempt from paying taxes as long as they are in service)

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Declension of tjänsteadel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative tjänsteadel tjänsteadeln
Genitive tjänsteadels tjänsteadelns

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