välde

See also: valde and Valde

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

välde (genitive välte, partitive väldet)

  1. (linguistics) length, duration

Inflection

Swedish

Etymology

Related to våld (violence) and German Gewalt, Finnish valta

Noun

välde n

  1. a power, an empire, a realm, a reign

Declension

Declension of välde 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative välde väldet välden väldena
Genitive väldes väldets väldens väldenas

Derived terms

References

  • välde in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

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