Sveticism
Sign in to saveA Sveticism () is a grammatical construction, loanword or calque originating from the Swedish language.
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It is catalogued under the topic Swedish language.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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A Sveticism () is a grammatical construction, loanword or calque originating from the Swedish language.
Sveticisms are particularly found in the Finnish language, because Finland's governing bureaucracy was mostly Swedish-speaking until the 20th century. The use of Swedish grammatical constructions in official speech is a particularly persistent habit. The Swedish future tense is an example, being translated to + third infinitive in illative case, e.g. < Swedish 'the house will be built'. The language regulator recommends against such usage in official speech.
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