evighetsmaskin
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
evighet (“eternity”) + -s- + maskin (“machine”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
evighetsmaskin c
- perpetual motion machine
- Synonym: perpetuum mobile
- (figuratively, especially sports) person or animal that is seemingly impossible to tire out
- 2015 January 3, “Harry Haythrow - en evighetsmaskin [Harry Haythrow - a perpetual motion machine]”, in Svenska Dagbladet[1]:
- En härlig häst och en evighetsmaskin, berömde [Peter] Untersteiner.
- A great horse and an endless runner, [Peter] Untersteiner said in praise.
- 2018 May 28, Sebastian Backman, “Friidrottens evighetsmaskin orkar fortfarande: ”Ser mig som en försökskanin” [The perpetual motion machine of athletics is still kicking: "[I] view myself as a guinea pig"]”, in Hufvudstadsbladet[2]:
Declension[edit]
| Declension of evighetsmaskin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | evighetsmaskin | evighetsmaskinen | evighetsmaskiner | evighetsmaskinerna |
| Genitive | evighetsmaskins | evighetsmaskinens | evighetsmaskiners | evighetsmaskinernas |