drabant
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Old Swedish dravant, dravantare, from Middle Low German dravant. Cognate of German Trabant. Further origin disputed. Suggested cognates include Italian trabante, Czech drobit, Persian دربان (darbân).
Declension
| Declension of drabant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | drabant | drabanten | drabanter | drabanterna |
| Genitive | drabants | drabantens | drabanters | drabanternas |
Further reading
- drabant in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- drabant in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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