allmänhet

Swedish

Etymology

allmän +‎ -het

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalːmɛnˌheːt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

allmänhet c

  1. public (people in general)
    Slottet är öppet för allmänheten
    The castle is open to the public
    • 1867, Malmström, Bernhard Elis, Samlade skrifter: Grunddragen af svenska vitterheters historia. 5 vol. 1866-68, N.M. Lindh, Volume 2, page 454:
      Allmänheter, såsom alla mäktiga, älska ej gerna att höra sina fel.
      Publics, as all powerful, does not love to hear their faults.
  2. generality (from allmän (“general”) + -het (“-ness, -ity”))

Usage notes

  • Plural is rare.
  • "Språket", Sveriges Radio, P1, on February 22, 2011, discussed a specialized use of this word among police and guards, en allmänhet (“a commoner, member of the common people”), referring to one person not directly involved in a crime, but a potential witness. See also personal.

Declension

Declension of allmänhet
nominative genitive
singular indefinite allmänhet allmänhets
definite allmänheten allmänhetens
plural indefinite allmänheter allmänheters
definite allmänheterna allmänheternas

Derived terms

  • i allmänhet

See also

References

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