korsherre
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish korshärra, equivalent to kors + herre.
Noun
korsherre c
- (historical) a Teutonic Knight
- 1862, Octavia Carlén, “XXVI. Gotland under unionstiden”, in Gotland och dess fornminnen[1], Sigfrid Flodins förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Kungliga biblioteket, archived from the original on 24 March 2025, page 183:
- Dessa preussiska korsherrar hade nu uppnått sin högsta makt.
- These Prussian Teutonic Knights had now reached the peak of their power.
- 1864, Anders Fryxell, “3. Kriget med Ryssland”, in Berättelser ur svenska historien 4. Lutherska tiden. Afd. 2. Johan III och Sigismund[2], L.J. Hierta, accessed at Runeberg.org, courtesy of Cornell University & Google Books, archived from the original on 15 April 2016, page 14:
- Ryssarna flydde in på slottet, en gammal [...] byggnad från korsherrarnas tid.
- The Russians fled into the castle, an old building from the time of the Teutonic Knights.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | korsherre | korsherres |
| definite | korsherren | korsherrens | |
| plural | indefinite | korsherrar | korsherrars |
| definite | korsherrarna | korsherrarnas |