flyktighet

Swedish

Etymology

From flyktig +‎ -het

Noun

flyktighet c

1. (chemistry) volatility
2. fleetingness, transience
   • 2022 February 10, Torbjörn Dalnäs, “Ständigt hotad Edens lustgård”, in Sjöfartstidningen‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 July 2024:

     [D]et andligt förfinade Kyoto län har körsbärsblomman sakura [som sin officiella blomma], sinnebilden för livets flyktighet.

     The spiritually refined Kyoto Prefecture has the cherry blossom (sakura) as its official flower, the symbol of life's transience.

   • 2024 July 21, Natalie Lantz, “Kohelets ord blixtrar över en tom samtid”, in Sveriges Radio‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 February 2025:

     Havel havalim översattes i Bibel 2000 till "tomhet, idel tomhet", men uttrycket kan hellre översättas till "flyktighet, idel flyktighet."

     Havél havalím was translated in the Bible 2000 as "emptiness, utter emptiness," but the expression could be better translated as "fleetingness, utter fleetingness."

Declension

Declension of flyktighet

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flyktighet	flyktighets
	definite	flyktigheten	flyktighetens
plural	indefinite	flyktigheter	flyktigheters
	definite	flyktigheterna	flyktigheternas

References

• “flyktighet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “flyktighet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)