nykterhet

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Swedish

Etymology

nykter +‎ -het

Noun

nykterhet c

  1. sobriety, temperance, abstinence (from alcohol)
    Emedan G. växte upp i ett hem där gudsfruktan och nykterhet rådde, har han aldrig behöft göra personlig erfarenhet af rusdryckernas förbannelse.
    Since G. grew up in a home where fear of God and temperance reigned, he has never had to personally experience the curse of drunkenness.
  2. sobriety, sanity, realism, reason, clarity of thought
    Det ligger ett drag av nykterhet och förnuft i detta, som svärmare och litterära serafiker av Novalis’ typ kunde finna antipoetiskt.
    There is a streak of clarity and reason in this, which romantics and literary seraphics of Novalis' type could find antipoetic.

Declension

Declension of nykterhet 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative nykterhet nykterheten
Genitive nykterhets nykterhetens

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