röd tråd

Swedish

Etymology

röd (“red”) +‎ tråd (“thread”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of roter Faden”)

Noun

röd tråd c

1. (idiomatic) a common theme that runs through something, a common thread

   Fascinationen för älgar löper som en röd tråd genom hennes böcker

   Her fascination with moose runs like a common thread through her books

   Den röda tråden under mötet var behovet av att få folk att lyssna

   The common thread during the meeting was the need to get people to listen

Declension

Declension of röd tråd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	röd tråd	röd tråds
	definite	röda tråden	röda trådens
plural	indefinite	röda trådar	röda trådars
	definite	röda trådarna	röda trådarnas

References

• tråd in Svensk ordbok (SO)