handelsgata

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of handel (“trade, retail”) +‎ -s- +‎ gata (“street”). First attested in 1858.

Noun

handelsgata c

  1. A shopping street; a street where shops are the dominant feature.
    • 1810 March 29, “𝔇𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯ſ𝔢 𝔎𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔬ͤ𝔯𝔢𝔩ſ𝔢𝔯”, in Dagligt Allehanda, page 8:
      𝔇𝔢𝔫 ſ𝔬𝔪 𝔞ͦſ𝔱𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔯 𝔦𝔫𝔩𝔬ͤſ𝔞 𝔣𝔬ͤ𝔯ſ𝔱𝔞 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔨𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔫 ſ𝔱𝔬𝔯 666 ℜ𝔡. 𝔅𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔬, 𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔞ͦ𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔞, 𝔲𝔱𝔦 𝔞ß𝔢𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔡 𝔈𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔪 𝔥𝔞ͤ𝔯 𝔦 ſ𝔦𝔢𝔩𝔣𝔴𝔞 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔫, 𝔴𝔦𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔞ſ𝔱𝔢 ℌ𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔰𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔞, 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔤𝔦𝔣𝔴𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔱 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔞ſ𝔱 𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔨𝔞ͤ𝔫𝔫𝔞 𝔦 𝔣𝔬ͤ𝔯ſ. 𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔅. ſ𝔬𝔪 𝔦𝔫𝔩𝔢𝔪𝔫𝔞𝔰 𝔭å 𝔇𝔞𝔤𝔩. 𝔄𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔥. ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔬𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔱.
      Den som åstundar inlösa första inteckningen stor 666 Rd. Banco, eller något mera, uti assecurerad Egendom här i sielfwa Staden, wid den reelaste Handelsgata, behagade gifwa det genast tillkänna i förs. billet till B. som inlemnas på Dagl. Alleh. Contofret.
      Whosoever shall be desirous to redeem the first Security, being 666 Riksdaler Banco, or somewhat more, upon assured Property here within the City, situate upon the most considerable Street for Commerce, is requested forthwith to signify the same by means of a billet directed to B., to be delivered at the Office of Daglig Allehanda.
    • 2013 August 20, “Rinkebystråket ska bli ny handelsgata”, in Sveriges Television‎[1], archived from the original on 26-09-2025:
      Rinkebystråket är i dag bara ett dike för biltrafik, men ska till 2015 förvandlas till en mer livlig handelsgata med restauranger och butiker.
      The Rinkeby Promenade is today just a trough for car traffic, but by 2015 it is to be transformed into a more lively commercial street with restaurants and shops.
    • 2025 July 7, Maja Johansson, “Här öppnar klädkedjans flaggskeppsbutik”, in Mitt i Stockholm‎[2], archived from the original on 15-07-2025:
      Det är en pulserande handelsgata med besökare från hela världen.
      It is a bustling street lined with shops, with visitors from all over the world.

Declension

Declension of handelsgata
nominative genitive
singular indefinite handelsgata handelsgatas
definite handelsgatan handelsgatans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Coordinate terms

  • bargata (“bar street”)
  • bostadsgata (“residental street”)
  • restauranggata (“restaurant street”)

See also

References

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