missbruk

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish misbruk (“bad habit”). By surface analysis, miss- +‎ bruk. Cognate of German Missbrauch.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʉːk

Noun

missbruk n

1. abuse (harmful or improper usage)
2. substance abuse

Declension

Declension of missbruk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	missbruk	missbruks
	definite	missbruket	missbrukets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• alkoholmissbruk
• amfetaminmissbruk
• blandmissbruk
• drogmissbruk
• heroinmissbruk
• knarkmissbruk
• kokainmissbruk
• läkemedelsmissbruk
• maktmissbruk
• matmissbruk
• mobilmissbruk
• morfinmissbruk
• myndighetsmissbruk
• narkotikamissbruk
• opiatmissbruk
• opiummissbruk
• sexmissbruk
• spelmissbruk
• spritmissbruk
• tablettmissbruk

Related terms

• missbruka
• missbrukare

References

• missbruk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• missbruk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)