sväng

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Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋː

Noun[edit]

sväng c

  1. a turn (especially by a vehicle)
    bilens sväng
    the turn made by the car
  2. a turn, a bend (in a road)
    Bilen körde in i en sväng
    The car went into a turn
  3. (colloquial) a walk, a trip (often a more leisurely one)
    Jag ska ut och gå en sväng
    I'm gonna go for a walk ("go out and walk a turn")
    Jag ska ta en sväng till affären
    I'm gonna take a trip to the store
  4. (colloquial) an area (of work or the like)
    Han är i kodarsvängen
    He's in the coding business ("the coder turn")
  5. (colloquial) an instance of dancing
    Ska vi ta oss en sväng?
    Should we have a "turn"?
  6. (in "ta ut svängarna") to let loose (a bit), to go (a bit) wild (break conventions, etc., literally "take out the turns," meaning to do wide turns)

Declension[edit]

Declension of sväng 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sväng svängen svängar svängarna
Genitive svängs svängens svängars svängarnas

Noun[edit]

sväng n

  1. (colloquial) groove, swing (as a property of music)

Declension[edit]

Declension of sväng 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sväng svänget
Genitive svängs svängets

Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

sväng

  1. imperative of svänga

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