Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett majestät

majesty

Meaning

majesty

In Swedish: höghet, storhet

Forms

Forms of majestät
Singular, indefinite	ett majestät
Singular, definite	majestätet
Plural, indefinite	majestäter
Plural, definite	majestäterna

majestät is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort majestät, det stora majestätet. Check another noun

Practise majestät

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Is it en majestät or ett majestät?

Expressions

Ers Majestät
Your Majesty

Questions

What does majestät mean in English?

majestät means “majesty”.

Is it en majestät or ett majestät?

It is ett majestät, and “the majesty” is majestätet.

What is the plural of majestät?

The plural of majestät is majestäter, and the definite plural is majestäterna.

Similar words

kunglighetkung

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish maiestat, maiestät.

Nearby common words

majestät is number 1,715 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,711samman together
1,712lokal premises
1,713blanda blend, mix
1,714stirra stare
1,716röja clear up, clear (land)
1,717placera place
1,719hämnd vengeance, revenge
1,720födas be born

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary