befogenhet

== Swedish == === Etymology === By surface analysis, befogen +‎ -het, where befogen is an obsolete variant of befogad. Compare beläsenhet (versus beläst) or beskaffenhet (versus beskaffad). Cognate with German befugen, Befugnis, and Dutch bevoegdheid. === Noun === befogenhet c a legal right to do something; authority, power ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== behörighet === References === “befogenhet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “befogenhet”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “befogenhet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)