jämmerdal

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of Latin lacrimārum vallis, from Hebrew עמק הבכא (ʿēmeq habbāḵāʾ). By surface analysis, jämmer +‎ dal. Cognate of German Jammertal.

Noun

jämmerdal c

1. vale of tears

Declension

Declension of jämmerdal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jämmerdal	jämmerdals
	definite	jämmerdalen	jämmerdalens
plural	indefinite	jämmerdalar	jämmerdalars
	definite	jämmerdalarna	jämmerdalarnas

References

• jämmerdal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jämmerdal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jämmerdal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)