majestät
Swedish
Alternative forms
- (as title) Majestät
- (as title) maj:t
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish maiestat, maiestät. Borrowed from Latin maiestās (“majesty”), ultimately derived from Latin magnus (“great, grand, mighty, noble”) First attested in 1501.[1]
Cognate with English majesty, Dutch majesteit, French majesté, German Majestät, Italian maestà, Norwegian Bokmål majestet, Norwegian Nynorsk majestet, Portuguese majestade, Romanian maiestate, and Spanish majestad.
Noun
majestät n
- (higher register, chiefly in the indefinite singular) majesty (dignified grandness)
- Synonym: storslagenhet
- (higher register, chiefly in the indefinite singular) majesty ((dignified) position of power)
- majesty (royal (title))
- Synonym: maj:t
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | majestät | majestäts |
| definite | majestätet | majestätets | |
| plural | indefinite | majestäter | majestäters |
| definite | majestäterna | majestäternas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | majestät | majestäts |
| definite | majestätet | majestätets | |
| plural | indefinite | majestät | majestäts |
| definite | majestäten | majestätens |
Derived terms
- ers majestät (“Your Majesty”)
- hans majestät (“His Majesty”)
- hennes majestät (“Her Majesty”)
Related terms
- majestätisk (“majestic”)
Descendants
- → Finnish: majesteetti