undanflykt

Swedish

Etymology

undan (“away”) +‎ flykt (“fleeing”)

Noun

undanflykt c

1. an (improvised, dubious) excuse (made in order to avoid having to do something)

   Han säger att han måste ta hand om sin förkylda hamster och inte kan komma. Det låter som en undanflykt.

   He says he needs to take care of his hamster with a cold and can't come. It sounds like an excuse.

Declension

Declension of undanflykt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	undanflykt	undanflykts
	definite	undanflykten	undanflyktens
plural	indefinite	undanflykter	undanflykters
	definite	undanflykterna	undanflykternas

See also

• förevändning (“pretext”)
• svepskäl (“false pretext”)
• ursäkt (“excuse”)

References

• undanflykt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• undanflykt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)