sönder och samman

Swedish

Etymology

sönder (“broken”) +‎ och (“and”) +‎ samman (“together (as in having collapsed in on itself)”)

Adverb

sönder och samman (not comparable)

1. to an utterly destroyed state (sometimes hyperbolically)

   De slog honom sönder och samman

   They beat him to a pulp

References

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