"modersmål" meaning in Swedish

See modersmål in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish modhor mal, modhers mal. Compare Icelandic móðurmáli. From moders (“mother's”) + mål (“language”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|modhor mal}} Old Swedish modhor mal, {{cog|is|móðurmáli}} Icelandic móðurmáli Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} modersmål n, {{sv-noun|n}} modersmål n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], modersmål [indefinite, nominative, singular], modersmåls [genitive, indefinite, singular], modersmålet [definite, nominative, singular], modersmålets [definite, genitive, singular], modersmål [indefinite, nominative, plural], modersmåls [genitive, indefinite, plural], modersmålen [definite, nominative, plural], modersmålens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. first language, mother tongue, native language Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-modersmål-sv-noun-Y5Hxc4e- Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "modhor mal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish modhor mal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "móðurmáli"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic móðurmáli",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish modhor mal, modhers mal. Compare Icelandic móðurmáli. From moders (“mother's”) + mål (“language”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmål",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmåls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmål",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmåls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "modersmål n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "modersmål n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first language, mother tongue, native language"
      ],
      "id": "en-modersmål-sv-noun-Y5Hxc4e-",
      "links": [
        [
          "first language",
          "first language"
        ],
        [
          "mother tongue",
          "mother tongue"
        ],
        [
          "native language",
          "native language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "modersmål"
}
{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "modhor mal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish modhor mal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "móðurmáli"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic móðurmáli",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish modhor mal, modhers mal. Compare Icelandic móðurmáli. From moders (“mother's”) + mål (“language”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmål",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmåls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmål",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmåls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modersmålens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "modersmål n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish neuter nouns",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first language, mother tongue, native language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first language",
          "first language"
        ],
        [
          "mother tongue",
          "mother tongue"
        ],
        [
          "native language",
          "native language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "modersmål"
}

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