grönsak
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of grön (“fresh, green”) + sak (“[food] item”), as in not dried or in other ways preserved. Originally likely referring to the quality of the food (fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, etc.), later becoming the specific food type (vegetables). [1][2] First attested in 1765[3].
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]grönsak c
- a vegetable
- Grönsaker är nyttigt
- Vegetables are healthy [is healthy]
- grönsakssoppa
- vegetable soup
- (figuratively, colloquial) a vegetable (severely physically or mentally impaired person (unable to take care of themselves, with a dull-seeming existence))
- Han ville inte bli en grönsak på hemmet
- He didn't want to end up [become] a vegetable in the nursing home
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | grönsak | grönsaks |
| definite | grönsaken | grönsakens | |
| plural | indefinite | grönsaker | grönsakers |
| definite | grönsakerna | grönsakernas |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “grön”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- ^ “sak”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- ^ “grönsak”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “grönsak”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “grönsak”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “grönsak”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Svensk MeSH