fängelse – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of fängelse

Noun: fängelse
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.fängelse
Sg. Def.fängelset
Pl. Indef.fängelser
Pl. Def.fängelserna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.fängelses
Sg. Def.fängelsets
Pl. Indef.fängelsers
Pl. Def.fängelsernas

Sample Sentences

  • Fångarna försökte fly från fängelset. (The prisoners tried to escape from jail.)

Etymology

1. Attested since the 13th century (Västgötalagen), from Old Swedish fangilse, fængilse, same construct as Old West Norse fangelsi, likely after Low German patterns. Equivalent to fånga + -else.
2. Compare fängsla (“to imprison, to cuff”), fängsel (“imprisonment, cuffs”).

Verbs referencing "fängelse"

Icelandic Nouns fangelsi, Danish Nouns fængsel.

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