stormaktstid

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of stormakt (“great power”) +‎ tid (“time, period”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²stuːrmaktsˌtiːd/

Noun

stormaktstid c

  1. a period during which a nation is a great power on the global scale

Usage notes
  • The term is especially used in the definite form as a name of the period in Swedish history from 1611–1721, see Stormaktstiden.

Declension
Declension of stormaktstid 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stormaktstid stormaktstiden stormaktstider stormaktstiderna
Genitive stormaktstids stormaktstidens stormaktstiders stormaktstidernas

Derived terms

References
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