frälsare

Swedish

Etymology

From frälsa +‎ -are

Noun

frälsare c

  1. savior
    • 1928, Hjalmar Söderberg, Jesus Barabbas[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 15 May 2025, page 29:
      Apollos [förde] mig en dag till sin fars grav [...]. Gravstenen pryddes av ett enkelt kors [...] och inskriften förkunnade att den döde hade avlidit i tron på sin frälsare, Herren Attis.
      One day, Apollos took me to his father's grave. The tombstone was adorned with a simple cross, and the inscription said that the deceased had died believing in his savior, the Lord Attis.
  2. (Christianity) Savior
    • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Andra Petrusbrevet 3:18”, in Bibel 2000[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 26 June 2025:
      Väx till i nåd och i kunskap om vår herre och frälsare Jesus Kristus.
      Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Declension

Declension of frälsare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite frälsare frälsares
definite frälsaren frälsarens
plural indefinite frälsare frälsares
definite frälsarna frälsarnas

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