fogde

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fohgdhe, foghate, etc., from Middle Low German voget, from Latin vocatus, from advocatus. Doublet of advokat (“lawyer”).

Noun

fogde c

  1. (historical) an officer of the court, a bailiff
  2. (in some compounds) a foreman (leader of a work crew)
  3. (colloquial) synonym of kronofogde

Declension

Declension of fogde
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fogde fogdes
definite fogden fogdens
plural indefinite fogdar fogdars
definite fogdarna fogdarnas

References

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