tjänst

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish thienst, þiǣnist, þiānist (“service, decoration of honor”), possibly from Old Saxon thionust or Old Frisian thianost, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz. Akin to German Dienst, Dutch dienst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕɛnst/
  • Audio (Gotland):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnst

Noun

tjänst c

  1. a favor
    Kan du göra mig en tjänst?
    Could you do me a favor?
  2. a position, a job, an employment, especially a public office (including jobs such as permanently employed teachers)
    Jag har haft olika vikariat, men jag hoppas snart få en tjänst.
    I have had temporary employments, replacing people on leaves, but I hope soon getting a permanent position.
  3. service
    en medalj för lång och trogen tjänst
    a medal for long service and devotion
    (literally, “a medal for long and faithful service”)

Declension

Declension of tjänst
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tjänst tjänsts
definite tjänsten tjänstens
plural indefinite tjänster tjänsters
definite tjänsterna tjänsternas

Derived terms

References

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