sällskap

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sælskap, sællaskap, a calque of Middle Low German selschap, equivalent to sälle (“companion”) +‎ -skap (“-ship”). Cognate with Danish selskab, Norwegian selskap. Compare German Gesellschaft, Dutch gezelschap.

Noun

sällskap n

  1. company, companionship
  2. society, association, club
  3. party, group

Declension

Declension of sällskap
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sällskap sällskaps
definite sällskapet sällskapets
plural indefinite sällskap sällskaps
definite sällskapen sällskapens

Derived terms

References

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