styrfart
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]styra (“steer”) + fart (“speed”)
Noun
[edit]styrfart c
- steerageway (sufficient speed to be able to steer a ship, plane, or the like)
- (figuratively) (sufficient) momentum (to accomplish something abstract)
- Hennes karriär har knappt styrfart
- Her career is barely moving forward
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | styrfart | styrfarts |
| definite | styrfarten | styrfartens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |