framfart

Swedish

Etymology

fram (“forth”) +‎ fart (“going (nominalization of fara)”)

Noun

framfart c

1. a going forth (physically, or more abstractly), an advance, a progression (often violent)

   hejda eldens framfart

   stop the fire from advancing

   huliganernas våldsamma framfart

   the violent forth-going of the hooligans ("rampage" or the like would be more idiomatic, but to capture the meaning)

Declension

Declension of framfart

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	framfart	framfarts
	definite	framfarten	framfartens
plural	indefinite	framfarter	framfarters
	definite	framfarterna	framfarternas

References

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