slagskugga
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
slag + skugga, calque of German Schlagschatten, used in Swedish since 1792.
Noun[edit]
slagskugga c
- a sharp and well-defined (core) shadow of one object on another (not one's own shadow on the ground), as cast by spotlight
- I den hotande slagskuggan av det andra världskriget dök 150-årsminnet upp av den franska revolutionen. Det var sommaren 1939.
- In the threatening shadow cast before World War II, the 150th anniversary of the French revolution appeared. It was the summer of 1939.
- a drop shadow in graphic design
Declension[edit]
| Declension of slagskugga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | slagskugga | slagskuggan | slagskuggor | slagskuggorna |
| Genitive | slagskuggas | slagskuggans | slagskuggors | slagskuggornas |