sjukhus

Etymology
Affix of,. Attested since 1480. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) hospital; sickhouse

Usage notes

 * In contemporary Swedish both terms, and, are used interchangeable. The choice of any particular term is, if anything, based on the name of the particular hospital itself. For exempel:
 * The hospital in Ljungby named  is often referred to as a.
 * The hospital in Göteborg named  is often referred to as a.
 * The general nonspecific term in media tend to be.
 * In recent years more and more hospitals have changed their official name from to.