Noun: detektiv
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | detektiv |
| Sg. Def. | detektiven |
| Pl. Indef. | detektiver |
| Pl. Def. | detektiverna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | detektivs |
| Sg. Def. | detektivens |
| Pl. Indef. | detektivers |
| Pl. Def. | detektivernas |
Sample Sentences
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Då mr Brown nästa morgon anlände till sin office, väntade honom derstädes en detektiv, som meddelade, att uti Charminghouse påträffats en främling, hvars yttre öfverensstämde med det till efterspaning inlemnade signalementet [...] (When Mr Brown arrived at his office the next morning, a detective awaited him there, who announced that a stranger had been found in Charminghouse, the exterior of which matched the signal submitted for reconnaissance …) [1879, Janne Bruzelius, En ödets kastboll, page 80:]
Nouns inflected like detektiv
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From English detective. Adjective sense attested since 1851. Noun sense attested since 1872. See: English Nouns '
detective'.
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