statsmakt

Swedish

Etymology

stat +‎ -s- +‎ makt. Compare German Staatsmacht.

Noun

statsmakt c

branch of government, organ of state

Usage notes

Typically used in the plural. When used together with ordinals, the first statsmakt is the executive, and the second is the legislature.

Declension

Declension of statsmakt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	statsmakt	statsmakten	statsmakter	statsmakterna
Genitive	statsmakts	statsmaktens	statsmakters	statsmakternas

Derived terms

tredje statsmakten

References

statsmakt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
statsmakt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
statsmakt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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