drabant

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Old Swedish dravant, dravantare, from Middle Low German dravant. Cognate of German Trabant. Further origin disputed. Suggested cognates include Italian trabante, Czech drobit, Persian دربان (darbân).

Noun

drabant c

  1. (historical) bodyguard
  2. satellite, moon

Declension

Declension of drabant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite drabant drabants
definite drabanten drabantens
plural indefinite drabanter drabanters
definite drabanterna drabanternas

Further reading

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