statsminister

Danish

Etymology

From stat (“state”) +‎ -s- +‎ minister (“minister”).

Noun

statsminister c (definite singular statsministeren, indefinite plural statsministre, definite plural statsministrene)

  1. a prime minister (in a Westminster-style democracy, the chief member of the cabinet and head of the government)
    Synonym: premierminister

Usage notes

statsminister is mostly used for prime ministers in Nordic countries; other prime ministers are known as premierministre.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From stat +‎ -s- +‎ minister.

Noun

statsminister m (definite singular statsministeren, indefinite plural statsministere or statsministre or statsministrer, definite plural statsministerne or statsministrene)

  1. a prime minister

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From stat +‎ -s- +‎ minister.

Noun

statsminister m (definite singular statsministeren, indefinite plural statsministrar, definite plural statsministrane)

  1. a prime minister

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From stat +‎ -s- +‎ minister.

Noun

statsminister c

  1. a prime minister[1][2] (in a Westminster-style democracy, the chief member of the cabinet and head of the government)

Usage notes

Declension
Declension of statsminister 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative statsminister statsministern statsministrar statsministrarna
Genitive statsministers statsministerns statsministrars statsministrarnas

See also

References
  1. Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden
  2. Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
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