dröjsmål

Swedish

Etymology

From dröja +‎ -s- +‎ mål.

Noun

dröjsmål n

1. a delay

Usage notes

• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

Declension

Declension of dröjsmål

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dröjsmål	dröjsmåls
	definite	dröjsmålet	dröjsmålets
plural	indefinite	dröjsmål	dröjsmåls
	definite	dröjsmålen	dröjsmålens