konstapel

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French conestable, cunestable, univerbation of Late Latin comes stabulī, litr. "stable mate" or "stable companion".

Noun

konstapel c

1. (somewhat dated) constable

Usage notes

Not longer an official term. Replaced by polisassistent (“police assistant”).

Declension

Declension of konstapel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	konstapel	konstapels
	definite	konstapeln	konstapelns
plural	indefinite	konstaplar	konstaplars
	definite	konstaplarna	konstaplarnas

Derived terms

• poliskonstapel

See also

• polis

Further reading

• konstapel in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• platonske