rikssvenska

Swedish

/²rɪksˌsvɛnska/

noun
Definitions
  • the standard linguistic variety of Swedish, without any dialectal features
  • (Finland) the variety of Swedish spoken in Sweden, as opposed to Finland Swedish

Etymology

Compound from Swedish rike (realm, kingdom, empire, land, nation, reich, country) + Swedish svenska (Swedish).

Origin

Swedish

svenska

Gloss

Swedish

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