skövling
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]skövling c
- (of trees) felling (on a large scale, causing environmental devastation)
- devastation, laying waste to
Usage notes
[edit]Usually of forestry practices with connotations similar to mow down. Inherently negative in (sense 1).
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skövling | skövlings |
| definite | skövlingen | skövlingens | |
| plural | indefinite | skövlingar | skövlingars |
| definite | skövlingarna | skövlingarnas |