UrsprungFrom Old Swedish svear, Old Swedish sviar, from Old Norse svíar, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniz, plural of *swihô (“Swede”), of disputed etymology, but perhaps from *swe- (“one's own, self”).
- historical, plural, plural-onlySwedes (members of a North Germanic tribe)
Former-(indefinite, nominative, singular) · -(genitive, indefinite, singular) · -(definite, nominative, singular) · -(definite, genitive, singular) · svear(indefinite, nominative, plural) · svears(genitive, indefinite, plural) · svearna(definite, nominative, plural) · svearnas(definite, genitive, plural)