bottenskrap
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]botten (“bottom”) + skrap (“"scrape", scrapings”)
Noun
[edit]bottenskrap n
- something scraped off the bottom of something
- (figuratively) the worst (remainder) of something, (the) bottom of the barrel
- De mjölkar honom efter hans död genom att släppa ratat bottenskrap
- They're milking him after his death by releasing scrapped bottom of the barrel stuff ("rejected bottom-scrape")
- Laget ligger i bottenskrapet i rankingen på plats 73
- The team is in the bottom rung of the rankings in 73rd place
- (figuratively) dregs (contemptible or worthless people, the worst people)
- samhällets bottenskrap
- the dregs of society
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bottenskrap | bottenskraps |
| definite | bottenskrapet | bottenskrapets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |