"avbön" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: Deverbal from Old Swedish afbidhia (“to ask for mercy”) (whence Swedish avbedja), equivalent to av- + bön. First attested in 1621. Compare German Abbitte, Latin deprecatio, English amende honorable. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|sv|-}} Deverbal from, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|afbidhia||to ask for mercy}} Old Swedish afbidhia (“to ask for mercy”), {{cog|sv|avbedja}} Swedish avbedja, {{af|sv|av-|bön}} av- + bön, {{etydate|1621}} First attested in 1621, {{cog|de|Abbitte}} German Abbitte, {{noncog|la|deprecatio}} Latin deprecatio, {{noncog|en|amende honorable}} English amende honorable Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} avbön c, {{sv-noun|c}} avbön c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], avbön [indefinite, nominative, singular], avböns [genitive, indefinite, singular], avbönen [definite, nominative, singular], avbönens [definite, genitive, singular], avböner [indefinite, nominative, plural], avböners [genitive, indefinite, plural], avbönerna [definite, nominative, plural], avbönernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (formal) a humble apology Tags: common-gender, formal

Inflected forms

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        "4": "",
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      "expansion": "German Abbitte",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "ref": "2026 January 27, TT News Agency, “Kanye West ångrar antisemitism – igen [Kanye West regrets anti-Semitism—again]”, in Sveriges Television, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026:",
          "text": "I en annons i Wall Street Journal gör artisten avbön för den antisemitism han spridit.",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "avbön",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
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    {
      "form": "avbönen",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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          "text": "att göra avbön",
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              37
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          "ref": "2026 January 27, TT News Agency, “Kanye West ångrar antisemitism – igen [Kanye West regrets anti-Semitism—again]”, in Sveriges Television, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026:",
          "text": "I en annons i Wall Street Journal gör artisten avbön för den antisemitism han spridit.",
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}

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