undantag
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]undan (“away”) + tag (“take”)
Noun
[edit]undantag n
- an exception
- 1998, Bo Kaspers Orkester, “Undantag [Exception(s)]”, in I centrum [At the center][1]:
- Du och jag. Är vi ett annat slag? Är vi ett undantag? Du och jag, du och jag.
- You and I. Are we a different kind? Are we an exception? You and I, you and I.
- a granny flat; a small building on a farm, where the previous owners (often the buyer's parents) may reside (according to an exception in the purchase contract) for the rest of their lives
- 2025 February 22, Mark Brotherhood, 40:01 from the start, in Nicklas Källén, transl., Ludwig - pusseldetektiven, season 1, episode 5 (overall work in English), spoken by Lucy Betts-Taylor (Anna Maxwell Martin), published 2024 via Sveriges Television:
- Du kommer aldrig att vara ensam. Så här ska vi göra. När James kommer tillbaka ska vi... bygga ett undantag åt dig alldeles intill huset.
- You'll never be alone. This is what we're going to do. As soon as James gets back we're going to... build you a granny flat right on the side of the house.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | undantag | undantags |
| definite | undantaget | undantagets | |
| plural | indefinite | undantag | undantags |
| definite | undantagen | undantagens |
Related terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]undantag