rigsdag
Danish
Etymology
From rig + -s- + dag. Calque of German Reichstag. Cognate with Swedish riksdag.
Proper noun
rigsdag c (singular definite rigsdagen, not used in plural form)
- (politics, historical) a parliament (consisting of two houses. Folketinget and Landstinget. The latter was abolished in 1953)
- Synonym: parlament
Declension
common gender |
singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rigsdag | rigsdagen |
genitive | rigsdags | rigsdagens |
Related terms
- rigsdagsmedlem
- rigsdagsbygning
- rigsdagsvalg
See also
References
- “rigsdag” in Den Danske Ordbog