åtgärd

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of åt (“at”) +‎ gärd (“act, action”); from Old Swedish ātgærþ, from Old Norse atgerð. Compare Icelandic aðgerð, Norwegian åtgjerd. Directly related is the verb åtgärda (the act of åtgärd), from åtgöra (“to do, to carry out”), from Old Swedish ātgø̄ra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

åtgärd c

  1. an action, a measure (aiming to achieve a result)

Declension

Declension of åtgärd
nominative genitive
singular indefinite åtgärd åtgärds
definite åtgärden åtgärdens
plural indefinite åtgärder åtgärders
definite åtgärderna åtgärdernas

References

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