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strimma

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“dash, stroke, line”), similar to Danish stribe (“stripe”), streg (“stroke, dash”), Latin stria (“channel”).[1]

Noun

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strimma c

  1. a streak, a stripe
    en strimma av hopp
    a glimmer of hope (idiomatic)

Declension

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Declension of strimma
nominative genitive
singular indefinite strimma strimmas
definite strimman strimmans
plural indefinite strimmor strimmors
definite strimmorna strimmornas

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “strime” in Den Danske Ordbog

Further reading

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  • “strimma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  • strimma in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

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