klokhet

Swedish

Etymology

From klok +‎ -het

Noun

klokhet c

  1. wisdom, cleverness, prudence
    Antonym: oklokhet
    Hypernym: kardinaldygd
    • 1945, Frans G. Bengtsson, Röde Orm [The Long Ships]‎[1], Norstedt & Söners förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 17 October 2025:
      [Han] var allmänt skattad för sin klokhet.
      He was widely esteemed for his wisdom.
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “Ordspråksboken [Proverbs] 8:12”, in Bibel 2000‎[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 17 October 2025:
      Jag, visheten, är granne med klokheten, hos mig finns kunskap och omdöme.
      I, wisdom, am a neighbor of prudence, with me are knowledge and discretion.

Declension

Declension of klokhet
nominative genitive
singular indefinite klokhet klokhets
definite klokheten klokhetens
plural indefinite klokheter klokheters
definite klokheterna klokheternas

See also

References

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