klokhet

Swedish

Etymology

From klok +‎ -het

Noun

klokhet c

  1. wisdom, cleverness, prudence
    Antonym: oklokhet
    Hypernym: kardinaldygd
    • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Ordspråksboken 8:12”, in Bibel 2000‎[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 20 March 2025:
      Jag, visheten, är granne med klokheten, hos mig finns kunskap och omdöme.
      I, wisdom, am a neighbor of prudence, with me is knowledge and discretion.
    • 2005 March 1, P4 Västmanland, “Heby bör lämna Agenda 21”, in Sveriges Radio‎[2], archived from the original on 20 March 2025:
      Han säger att det enda som hebyborna får ut av medlemsskapet är tidningen Gröna Draken som innehåll[er] såväl klokheter som miljöflum.
      He says the only thing Heby residents get out of their membership is the newspaper Green Dragon, which contains wisdom as well as environmental nonsense.

Declension

Declension of klokhet
nominative genitive
singular indefinite klokhet klokhets
definite klokheten klokhetens
plural indefinite klokheter klokheters
definite klokheterna klokheternas

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