rikssvenska

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of rike (nation, kingdom, realm) + svenska (Swedish)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²rɪksˌsvɛnska/

Noun

rikssvenska c

  1. the standard linguistic variety of Swedish, without any dialectal features
  2. (Finland) the variety of Swedish spoken in Sweden, as opposed to Finland Swedish

Declension

Declension of rikssvenska 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative rikssvenska rikssvenskan
Genitive rikssvenskas rikssvenskans

Synonyms

  • standardsvenska (sense 1)
  • sverigesvenska (sense 2)

Antonyms

Hypernyms

  • riksspråk

Hyponyms

  • regionalt riksspråk
  • rikssvensk

References

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