bödel

See also: bodel

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bodel, from Old Saxon budil, from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“bailiff, one who carries out an order”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːˈdɛl/

Noun

bödel c

  1. an executioner
    Synonym: (that beheads) skarprättare

Declension

Declension of bödel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bödel bödels
definite bödeln bödelns
plural indefinite bödlar bödlars
definite bödlarna bödlarnas

References

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