majestät
Swedish
Alternative forms
- (as title) Majestät
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish maiestat, maiestät. Borrowed from Latin maiestās (“majesty”), ultimately derived from Latin magnus (“great, grand, mighty, noble”) First attested in 1501.[1]
Cognate with English majesty, Dutch majesteit, French majesté, German Majestät, Italian maestà, Norwegian Bokmål majestet, Norwegian Nynorsk majestet, Portuguese majestade, Romanian maiestate, and Spanish majestad.
Declension
| Declension of majestät | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | majestät | majestätet | majestäter | majestäterna |
| Genitive | majestäts | majestätets | majestäters | majestäternas |
| Declension of majestät | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | majestät | majestätet | majestät | majestäten |
| Genitive | majestäts | majestätets | majestäts | majestätens |
Related terms
- majestätisk (“majestic”)
Descendants
- → Finnish: majesteetti
See also
- Maj:t (“Majesty”)
- Maj:ts (“Majesty's; Majestys'”), maj:ts (“majesty's; majestys'”)
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