mandomsanammelse
Swedish
Etymology
From mandom (“human form”) + -s- + anammelse (“adoption”).
Noun
mandomsanammelse c
- (theology) incarnation (assumption of human form)
- Synonyms: människoblivande, inkarnation
- 1890, Peter Fjellstedt, “Kommentar till Johannesevangeliet 1:14 [Commentary on John 1:14]”, in Biblia III[1], F. & G. Beijers förlag, accessed at Wikisource, archived from the original on 30 August 2025, page 233:
- [Detta är] mandomsanammelsen, att det [eviga] Ordet [...] antog [människonatur].
- This is the Incarnation: that the eternal Word assumed human nature.
- 1958, Gunnel Vallquist, Ett bländande mörker [A Blinding Darkness][2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Lunds universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:
- Kristus fortsätter sin mandomsanammelse i de människor som släpper till sig helt åt hans kärlek.
- Christ continues his incarnation in those who fully open themselves up to his love.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | mandomsanammelse | mandomsanammelses |
| definite | mandomsanammelsen | mandomsanammelsens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
References
- mandomsanammelse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- mandomsanammelse in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1912)