"doktor" meaning in Swedish

See doktor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɔkˌtɔr/ Audio: Sv-doktor.ogg
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin doctor. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sv|:der|la:doctor}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to teach", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*dokejō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*doḱ-éye-ti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "take", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*deḱ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "causative suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éyeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dokeō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "sl.", "keyword_label" : "Semantic loan from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "διδάσκω", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "semantic loan" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "doceō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "doctor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Swedish", "term" : "doktor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sv" }" data-lang="sv" data-title="doktor">, {{der|sv|la|doctor}} Latin doctor Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} doktor c, {{sv-noun|c}} doktor c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r|3=doktore}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], doktor [indefinite, nominative, singular], doktors [genitive, indefinite, singular], doktorn [definite, nominative, singular], doktorns [definite, genitive, singular], doktorer [indefinite, nominative, plural], doktorers [genitive, indefinite, plural], doktorerna [definite, nominative, plural], doktorernas [definite, genitive, plural], d:r [alternative], dr [alternative], dr. [alternative]
  1. doctor; physician Tags: common-gender Synonyms (physician): läkare
    Sense id: en-doktor-sv-noun-YgWsS8xc Categories (other): Healthcare occupations Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'physician': 87 13
  2. doctor; person who has achieved a graduate degree such as a Ph.D. or a Th.D. Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-doktor-sv-noun-OsaeSZAT Categories (other): Swedish entries with etymon, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Healthcare occupations Disambiguation of Swedish entries with etymon: 16 84 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: doktorand, doktorat, doktorera, doktorsavhandling, doktorsexamen, doktorsgrad, doktorshatt, doktorspromotion, doktorstitel, Dr., hedersdoktor, jubeldoktor, skärgårdsdoktor

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "word": "doktor"
}

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