skallgång

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Swedish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From skall (“bark”) +‎ gång (“walk, going”). Originally of driving hunted animals.

Noun

[edit]

skallgång c

  1. a thorough search of an area (often for a missing person) by a search party walking next to each other in a line
    De ska gå skallgång
    They're going to organize a search party

Declension

[edit]
Declension of skallgång
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skallgång skallgångs
definite skallgången skallgångens
plural indefinite skallgångar skallgångars
definite skallgångarna skallgångarnas

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=skallgång&oldid=71207439"