tjänsteadel

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • service nobility (a non-hereditary class of military or civil servants exempt from paying taxes as long as they are in service)

Etymology

Affix from Swedish tjänst (service, favor) + Swedish adel (nobility).

Origin

Swedish

adel

Gloss

nobility

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms