"befäl" meaning in Swedish

See befäl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sv-befäl.ogg
Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} befäl n, {{sv-noun|n}} befäl n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], befäl [indefinite, nominative, singular], befäls [genitive, indefinite, singular], befälet [definite, nominative, singular], befälets [definite, genitive, singular], befäl [indefinite, nominative, plural], befäls [genitive, indefinite, plural], befälen [definite, nominative, plural], befälens [definite, genitive, plural], befaͤl [alternative, obsolete]
  1. a military officer Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-befäl-sv-noun-YtQNQa55 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
  2. command (as: being in/under command), authority Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-befäl-sv-noun-a2O8GGwK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: befalla, befallning
Derived forms: befälhavande, befälhavare, befälselev, befälsföring, befälsnivå, befälsordning, befälsperson, befälsrätt, befälsställning, befälstecken, befälsutbildning, brandbefäl, dagbefäl, fartygsbefäl, gruppbefäl, maskinbefäl, polisbefäl, reservbefäl, sjöbefäl, stationsbefäl, underbefäl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "polisbefäl"
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          "english": "a 40 year old pension agreement that gives officers the option to retire at 60 years of age",
          "text": "ett 40 år gammalt pensionsavtal som ger befälen möjlighet att gå i pension vid 60 års ålder",
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          "english": "Who's in command?",
          "text": "Vem för befälet?",
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          "english": "For I am a man under authority (Matthew 8:9)",
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    {
      "word": "befälsföring"
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    },
    {
      "word": "stationsbefäl"
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