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offentlig

“offentlig” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. public (open or available to the public)
  2. public (in open view, often via mass media)
  3. public (of or pertaining to the public sector)

Etymology

From German öffentlich, from Middle High German offen, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Cognate with Swedish öppen.

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