missbruk

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish misbruk (“bad habit”). By surface analysis, miss- +‎ bruk. Cognate of German Missbrauch.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʉːk

Noun

missbruk n

1. harmful or improper usage; abuse, misuse

   alkohol- och drogmissbruk

   alcohol and drug abuse

   maktmissbruk

   abuse of power

   (literally, “power abuse”)

   missbruk av allmänna medel

   misuse of public funds

   1. substance abuse

      kämpa med missbruk

      struggle with substance abuse [normally implied]

Declension

Declension of missbruk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	missbruk	missbruks
	definite	missbruket	missbrukets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• alkoholmissbruk
• amfetaminmissbruk
• blandmissbruk
• drogmissbruk
• heroinmissbruk
• knarkmissbruk
• kokainmissbruk
• läkemedelsmissbruk
• maktmissbruk
• matmissbruk
• mobilmissbruk
• morfinmissbruk
• myndighetsmissbruk
• narkotikamissbruk
• opiatmissbruk
• opiummissbruk
• sexmissbruk
• spelmissbruk
• spritmissbruk
• tablettmissbruk

Related terms

• missbruka
• missbrukare

References

• “missbruk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “missbruk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)