Sverige

Danish

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

Etymology

From Old Norse Svíaríki, from Svía (“of Swedes”) +‎ ríki (“kingdom”). Cognate with Swedish Sverige, Old English Swēorīċe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrˀiə/, [ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀi], [ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀjə]

Proper noun

Sverige

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)

Greenlandic

Proper noun

Sverige

  1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋæɾjə/

Proper noun

Sverige n

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrjə/

Proper noun

Sverige n

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From svea (“of the Swedes”) +‎ rike (“realm”). From Old Swedish Sverghe, Sverighe, Sverike, Sværike.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛrjɛ/, [ˈs̪værjɛ̠]
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Proper noun

Sverige n (genitive Sveriges)

  1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)
    Synonyms: (solemn or poetic) Svea rike, (colloquial) Svedala, (humorous) Svärje

Derived terms

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