majestät

See also: majestat, majestát, and Majestät

Swedish

Alternative forms

• (as title) Majestät

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish maiestat, maiestät. Borrowed from Latin maiestās (“majesty”), ultimately derived from Latin magnus (“great, grand, mighty, noble”) First attested in 1501.

Cognate with English majesty, Dutch majesteit, French majesté, German Majestät, Italian maestà, Norwegian Bokmål majestet, Norwegian Nynorsk majestet, Portuguese majestade, Romanian maiestate, and Spanish majestad.

Noun

majestät n

1. majesty

   Synonym: maj:t

Declension

Declension of majestät

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	majestät	majestäts
	definite	majestätet	majestätets
plural	indefinite	majestäter	majestäters
	definite	majestäterna	majestäternas

Declension of majestät

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	majestät	majestäts
	definite	majestätet	majestätets
plural	indefinite	majestät	majestäts
	definite	majestäten	majestätens

Related terms

• majestätisk (“majestic”)

Descendants

• → Finnish: majesteetti

See also

• Maj:t (“Majesty”)
• Maj:ts (“Majesty's; Majestys'”), maj:ts (“majesty's; majestys'”)

References

• majestät in Svensk ordbok.