krutdurk

Swedish

Etymology

krut (“gunpowder”) +‎ durk (“storage room at the bottom of a ship”)

Noun

krutdurk c

1. powder keg, tinderbox, flash point

Usage notes

During the 18th century used literally (in the sense of storage room for gunpowder), by the 20th century mostly figuratively (in the sense of an explosive situation).

Declension

Declension of krutdurk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	krutdurk	krutdurks
	definite	krutdurken	krutdurkens
plural	indefinite	krutdurkar	krutdurkars
	definite	krutdurkarna	krutdurkarnas

References

• krutdurk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krutdurk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krutdurk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• krutdurk in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)