krutdurk
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]krut (“gunpowder”) + durk (“storage room at the bottom of a ship”)
Noun
[edit]krutdurk c
Usage notes
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of krutdurk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | krutdurk | krutdurken | krutdurkar | krutdurkarna |
Genitive | krutdurks | krutdurkens | krutdurkars | krutdurkarnas |
References
[edit]- krutdurk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- krutdurk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- krutdurk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- krutdurk in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)