länk
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish lænker, from Old Norse *hlenkr (cf. Old West Norse hlekkr), from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]länk c
- a link (in a chain or the like)
- Kedjan består av tjugo länkar
- The chain consists of twenty links
- (figuratively) a link (connection)
- Istanbul har varit en viktig länk mellan öst och väst
- Istanbul has been an important link between the east and the west
- Han utgör en länk mellan de två kriminella gängen
- He constitutes a link between the two criminal gangs
- den felande länken
- the missing link
- (especially jewelry) a chain
- Synonym: kedja
- en guldlänk
- a gold link chain
Usage notes
[edit]More figurative and not as general in (sense 2) compared to English. "There is a link between smoking and cancer" is expressed as "Det finns ett samband mellan rökning och cancer."
Declension
[edit]Declension of länk
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: lenkki
References
[edit]- länk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- länk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- länk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- länk in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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