lasarett

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian lazzaretto, named after Santa Maria di Nazareth or Nazarethum, a maritime quarantine station on an island of the Ventian lagoon (modern name: Lazzaretto Vecchio), with influence of lazzaro (“leper”), 15th c. Cognate with English lazaretto.

Noun

lasarett n

  1. A bigger type of hospital.

Declension
Declension of lasarett 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lasarett lasarettet lasarett lasaretten
Genitive lasaretts lasarettets lasaretts lasarettens

Derived terms

See also
  • sjukhus (“hospital”)
  • hospital (dated)
  • spetal (obsolete)
  • helgeandshus (obsolete)
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