utrikesdepartement

Swedish

Etymology

utrikes +‎ departement

Noun

utrikesdepartement n

  1. a ministry for foreign affairs,[1] a foreign office

Usage notes

  • Often used in definite form, to indicate Sweden's, but not considered a proper noun and not capitalized; abbreviated UD
  • The equivalent in Finland is called utrikesministerium

Declension

Declension of utrikesdepartement
nominative genitive
singular indefinite utrikesdepartement utrikesdepartements
definite utrikesdepartementet utrikesdepartementets
plural indefinite utrikesdepartement utrikesdepartements
definite utrikesdepartementen utrikesdepartementens

See also

References

  1. ^ Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
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