betjänt

== Swedish == === Etymology === Calque of German Bedienter, a nominalization of bedient, the past participle of bedienen (“to serve”). See Swedish betjäna. === Noun === betjänt c a servant who attends to someone, like a butler; a personal servant ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== butler tjänare === References === “betjänt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) betjänt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)