fogde

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fohgdhe, foghate, etc., from Middle Low German voget, from Latin vocatus, from advocatus. Doublet of advokat (“lawyer”).

Noun

fogde c

1. (historical) an officer of the court, a bailiff
2. (in some compounds) a foreman (leader of a work crew)
3. (colloquial) synonym of kronofogde

Declension

Declension of fogde

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fogde	fogdes
	definite	fogden	fogdens
plural	indefinite	fogdar	fogdars
	definite	fogdarna	fogdarnas

References

• “fogde”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• fogde in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)