majestät

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See also: majestat, majestát, and Majestät

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Noun[edit]

majestät n

  1. majesty
    Synonym: maj:t

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Finnish: majesteetti

See also[edit]

  • Maj:t (“Majesty”)
  • Maj:ts (“Majesty's; Majestys'”), maj:ts (“majesty's; majestys'”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ majestät in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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