skövling

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

skövla +‎ -ing

Noun[edit]

skövling c

  1. (of trees) felling (on a large scale, causing environmental devastation)
  2. devastation, laying waste to

Usage notes[edit]

Usually of forestry practices with connotations similar to mow down. Inherently negative in (sense 1).

Declension[edit]

Declension of skövling 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skövling skövlingen skövlingar skövlingarna
Genitive skövlings skövlingens skövlingars skövlingarnas

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