erinran
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Affix of erinra (“remind; recall”) + -an (“-ing”). First attested in 1752.[1]
Noun[edit]
erinran c
- (formal) reminder [since 1752]
- (formal) remark, warning, objection [since c. 1755]
- 2023 May 10, Jesper Marken, “Restaurang varnas – festdeltagare på stort företag drack alkohol på fel våning [Restaurant is warned - partygoers at a large company drank alcohol on the wrong floor]”, in VXO News[1]:
- Ett restaurangföretag i Växjö tilldelas nu en erinran – en mildare form av varning – från kommunen för att man inte har följt alkohollagen.
- A restaurant company in Växjö is now adjudged a remark - a milder form of warning - from the municipality for not following the alcohol law.
Usage notes[edit]
- In colloquial speech the term can sometimes come across as overly formal or archaic. See synonyms for colloquial and contemporary terms.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of erinran | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | erinran | erinran | erinringar | erinringarna |
| Genitive | erinrans | erinrans | erinringars | erinringarnas |
Synonyms[edit]
- anmärkning (“remark; complaint”)
- erinring
- påminnelse (“reminder”)
- varning (“warning”)