skjuts

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Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːts

Noun[edit]

skjuts c

  1. a ride, a lift ((free) transportation somewhere, in someone's car, boat, or the like)
    ge någon skjuts någonstans
    give someone a ride somewhere
    Tack för skjutsen!
    Thanks for the ride!
  2. a boost (in speed)
    Vinden gav båten en skjuts
    The wind boosted the boat ("gave the boat a boost")
    Båten fick sig en skjuts av vinden
    The boat was boosted by the wind ("got itself a boost from the wind")
  3. (figuratively) a boost (more generally, for example a career boost)
    Karriären fick sig en skjuts efter dokusåpadeltagandet
    Her career received a boost after she participated in the reality show
  4. (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn carriage with a coachman (for transporting people)

Declension[edit]

Declension of skjuts 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skjuts skjutsen skjutsar skjutsarna
Genitive skjuts skjutsens skjutsars skjutsarnas

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Verb[edit]

skjuts

  1. present passive of skjuta

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