avgud

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish afguþ, equivalent to av- +‎ gud. Compare Danish afgud, German Abgott, Dutch afgod.

Noun

avgud c

  1. a false god; an idol
    • 1922, Hjalmar Söderberg, Ödestimmen [The Hour of Destiny]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 23 October 2025:
      Världen har i snart ett par århundraden dyrkat en avgud, som den har döpt till »förnuftet».
      For nearly two centuries now, the world has worshiped a false god it calls "Reason."
    • 1928, Nathan Söderblom, Kristi pinas historia [The Story of Christ's Passion]‎[2], Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses bokförlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 23 October 2025:
      Vill du avsvärja dig avgudarna?
      Do you wish to renounce the idols?
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “Jesus Syraks vishet [Sirach] 30:19”, in Bibel 2000[3], archived from the original on 22 October 2025:
      Vad har en avgud för nytta av offer? Den kan ju inte äta eller ens känna lukt.
      Of what use to an idol is a sacrifice? For it can neither eat nor smell.

Declension

Declension of avgud
nominative genitive
singular indefinite avgud avguds
definite avguden avgudens
plural indefinite avgudar avgudars
definite avgudarna avgudarnas

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