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

• Stormaktstiden

References

• stormaktstid in Svensk ordbok (SO)