vågskål

See also: vägskäl

Swedish

Etymology

våg (“scale”) +‎ skål (“bowl”)

Noun

vågskål c

1. a scale (dish of a (balance) scale)
2. (figuratively) balance

   väga tungt i vågskålen

   weigh heavily in the balance

Declension

Declension of vågskål
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vågskål	vågskålen	vågskålar	vågskålarna
Genitive	vågskåls	vågskålens	vågskålars	vågskålarnas

See also

• balansvåg (“balance scale”)

References

• vågskål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vågskål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)