tragöd

From German Tragöde, from Latin tragoedus, from Ancient Greek τραγῳδός (tragōidós).

tragöd c

1. tragedian (playwright who writes tragedies)
   • 1899, Verner von Heidenstam, “Karl XII och det tragiska”, in Tankar och teckningar‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page 41:

     Sverige [skall] en dag bevittna hur [Karl XII:s] enkla stenkista bekransas af kommande tragöder.

     Sweden will one day witness how Charles XII's simple stone coffin is garlanded by future tragedians.

   • 1928, Viktor Rydberg, Den siste athenaren‎^[2], Hedlund & Lindskog, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page 116:

     Platon, deras förste tänkare, var en idealt skön man; Sofokles, deras störste tragöd, likaledes.

     Plato, their first thinker, was an ideally beautiful man; Sophocles, their greatest tragedian, was too.

2. (rare) tragedian (actor who specializes in tragic roles)

• tragiker

• tragöd in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker