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spenat

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See also: špenát

Swedish

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spenat
mitt i spenaten

Etymology

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From German Spinat and Spanish espinaca, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spenat c

  1. spinach (a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea)
    Karl-Alfred blir stark av spenat
    Spinach makes Popeye strong
    (literally, “Popeye becomes strong from spinach”)
    stuvad spenat
    creamed spinach
  2. (slang) green nature, offroad, wilderness, countryside, in the middle of nowhere
    mitt i spenaten
    in the middle of nowhere, in the countryside
    (literally, “in the middle of the spinach”)

Declension

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Declension of spenat
nominative genitive
singular indefinite spenat spenats
definite spenaten spenatens
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

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See also

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