5:2-diet

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English 5:2 diet. Compound of 5 +‎ 2 +‎ diet (“diet”). Cognate with Danish 5:2-diæt and Norwegian 5:2-diett.

Noun

5:2-diet c

1. A 5:2 diet.

   Synonym: periodisk fasta

   • 2013 September 4, Carina Stensson, “Är 5:2-dieten värd att testa? Eller är det kvacksalveri? [Is the 5:2 diet worth trying? Or is it quackery?]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:

     Den senaste tiden har den så kallade 5:2-dieten lanserats som en väg till bättre hälsa och möjlighet att gå ned i vikt.

     Recently, the so-called 5:2 diet has been launched as a way to better health and the possibility of losing weight.

2. (by comparison) Anything else separated into 5 and 2 days (or other unit of time or measurement).
   • 2015 December 10, Emil Persson, “Så blev Kalle Zackari Wahlström den moderna alfahannen [That's how Kalle Zackari Wahlström became the modern alpha male]”, in Café:

     Budskapet kulminerar i en hemkokt 5:2-diet: träna fem dagar i veckan, vila två – och ät och drick vad fan du vill.

     The message culminates in a home-cooked 5:2 diet: exercise five days a week, rest two - and eat and drink whatever the hell you want.

Declension

Declension of 5:2-diet

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	5:2-diet	5:2-diets
	definite	5:2-dieten	5:2-dietens
plural	indefinite	5:2-dieter	5:2-dieters
	definite	5:2-dieterna	5:2-dieternas

Usage notes

• Appeared on the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore list New Words of the Year 2013. Meaning that while the word may have been used to a lesser extent before that year, it entered the larger public vocabulary in 2013.