erinran
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affix of erinra (“remind; recall”) + -an (“-ing”). First attested in 1752.[1]
Noun
[edit]erinran c
- (formal) reminder [since 1752]
- (formal) remark, warning, objection [since c. 1755]
- 2023 May 10, Jesper Marken, “Restaurang varnas – festdeltagare på stort företag drack alkohol på fel våning [Restaurant is warned - partygoers at a large company drank alcohol on the wrong floor]”, in VXO News[1]:
- Ett restaurangföretag i Växjö tilldelas nu en erinran – en mildare form av varning – från kommunen för att man inte har följt alkohollagen.
- A restaurant company in Växjö is now adjudged a remark - a milder form of warning - from the municipality for not following the alcohol law.
Usage notes
[edit]- In colloquial speech the term can sometimes come across as overly formal or archaic. See synonyms for colloquial and contemporary terms.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | erinran | erinrans |
| definite | erinran | erinrans | |
| plural | indefinite | erinringar | erinringars |
| definite | erinringarna | erinringarnas |
Synonyms
[edit]- anmärkning (“remark; complaint”)
- erinring
- påminnelse (“reminder”)
- varning (“warning”)