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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	jämmerdal	jämmerdalen	jämmerdalar	jämmerdalarna
Genitive	jämmerdals	jämmerdalens	jämmerdalars	jämmerdalarnas

References

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