rikedom

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rīkedōmber, rīkdōmber, from Old Norse ríkdómr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijadōmaz, equivalent to rik +‎ -dom. Compare English richdom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rikedom c

  1. wealth, riches (of money, possessions, or more generally)
    Antonym: (poverty) fattigdom
    makt och rikedom
    power and wealth
    jakten på rikedom
    the pursuit of wealth
    vägen till rikedom
    the road to riches
    landets enorma oljerikedomar [plural]
    the country's enormous oil wealth [riches]
    Compare resources for why the plural sounds natural here.
    artrikedom
    species richness
    fantasirikedom
    wealth of imagination
    (Often just translated as imagination (fantasi).)
    uppfinningsrikedom
    ingenuity, inventiveness
    (literally, “invention wealth”)

Declension

Declension of rikedom
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rikedom rikedoms
definite rikedomen rikedomens
plural indefinite rikedomar rikedomars
definite rikedomarna rikedomarnas

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