sovjet

See also: Sovjet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Russian сове́т (sovét).

Noun

sovjet n (definite singular sovjetet, indefinite plural sovjet or sovjeter, definite plural sovjeta or sovjetene)

1. a soviet (council, historical)

Derived terms

• sovjeter (citizen)
• sovjetisk
• sovjetrepublikk
• Sovjetunionen

References

• “sovjet” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Russian сове́т (sovét).

Noun

sovjet n (definite singular sovjetet, indefinite plural sovjet, definite plural sovjeta)

1. a soviet (council, historical)

Derived terms

• sovjetar
• sovjetisk
• sovjetrepublikk
• Sovjetunionen

Swedish

Etymology

From Russian сове́т (sovét, “a council”), used in Swedish since 1918.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔvˈjeːt/, [s̪ɔvˈjeə̯t̪], /sɔvˈjɛtː/, [s̪ɔvˈjɛt̪ː], /ˈsɔ̌vːjɛt/, [ˈs̪ɔ̌vːjɛ̠t̪]
• Rhymes: -eːt, -ɛtː, -ɔ̌vːjɛt
• Hyphenation: sov‧jet

Noun

sovjet c

1. a soviet, a council
2. a citizen of the Soviet Union

Declension

Declension of sovjet

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sovjet	sovjets
	definite	sovjeten	sovjetens
plural	indefinite	sovjeter	sovjeters
	definite	sovjeterna	sovjeternas

Related terms

• bysovjet
• sovjetkongress
• Sovjet
• Sovjetunionen

References

• “sovjet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sovjet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)