häradshövding

Swedish

Etymology

From härad +‎ -s- +‎ hövding.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæːradsˌhœvdɪŋ/

Noun

häradshövding c

  1. judge and chairman of a district court (häradsrätt), the highest public official in a härad (hundred) district of the Swedish countryside; in the 1971 Swedish judicial reform replaced by the title lagman, chairman of a tingsrätt

Declension

Declension of häradshövding
nominative genitive
singular indefinite häradshövding häradshövdings
definite häradshövdingen häradshövdingens
plural indefinite häradshövdingar häradshövdingars
definite häradshövdingarna häradshövdingarnas

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