skrupel

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Skrupel, from Latin scrūpulus.

Noun[edit]

skrupel c

  1. scruple, qualm
  2. (historical) A Swedish unit of length at 29.7 µm, or 110 of a gran (grain; 0.297 mm).
    Coordinate terms: rev, stång, fot, decimaltum, nylinje, gran, skrupel
  3. (historical, pharmacy) A Swedish scruple at 1.237 g; 13 of a drakma (drachm; 3,711 g) or 20 gran (grain; 61.85 mg).
    Coordinate terms: liber, uns, drakma, skrupel, gran

Usage notes[edit]

Ordinarily plural.

Declension[edit]

Declension of skrupel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skrupel skrupeln skrupler skruplerna
Genitive skrupels skrupelns skruplers skruplernas

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