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Sverige

Sverige

Danish

Alternative forms

  • Sverrig (archaic, fell out of use after 1950)

Proper noun

Sverige n

  1. Sweden

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Greenlandic

Proper noun

Sverige

  1. Sweden

Norwegian Bokmål

Lilla riksvapnet - small coat of arms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋæɾjə/

Proper noun

Sverige n

  1. Sweden

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sverige n

  1. Sweden

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Swedish

Great coat of arms of Sweden

Alternative forms

  • Swerige (obsolete)

Etymology

svea (of the Swedes) + rike (realm). From Old Swedish Sver(i)ghe, Sverike, Sværike.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛːrjɛ/, [ˈsvæːrijə]

Proper noun

Sverige n (genitive Sveriges)

  1. Sweden

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References

  1. Sverige in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)