UrsprungFrom Old Swedish fohgdhe, foghate, etc., from Middle Low German voget, from Latin vocatus, from advocatus. Doublet of advokat (“lawyer”).
- common-gender, historicalan officer of the court, a bailiff
- common-gendera foreman (leader of a work crew)
- colloquial, common-gendersynonym of kronofogde
Formerfogde(indefinite, nominative, singular) · fogdes(genitive, indefinite, singular) · fogden(definite, nominative, singular) · fogdens(definite, genitive, singular) · fogdar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · fogdars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · fogdarna(definite, nominative, plural) · fogdarnas(definite, genitive, plural)