grottekvarn

Swedish

Etymology

Coined by Viktor Rydberg in 1891, after the mill in Grottasöngr which can mill gold, but is too heavy to be used by humans and has to be operated by giants.

Noun

grottekvarn c

1. miserable working conditions, ruthless industrialism

Declension

Declension of grottekvarn

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grottekvarn	grottekvarns
	definite	grottekvarnen	grottekvarnens
plural	indefinite	grottekvarnar	grottekvarnars
	definite	grottekvarnarna	grottekvarnarnas

References

• grottekvarn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grottekvarn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grottekvarn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Grottekvarn in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1909)