styrfart

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

styra (steer) +‎ fart (speed)

Noun[edit]

styrfart c

  1. steerageway (sufficient speed to be able to steer a ship, plane, or the like)
  2. (figuratively) (sufficient) momentum (to accomplish something abstract)
    Hennes karriär har knappt styrfart
    Her career is barely moving forward

Declension[edit]

Declension of styrfart 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative styrfart styrfarten
Genitive styrfarts styrfartens

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