väderkorn
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, väder (“surrounding air”) + korn (“grain”). Attested since the 15th century.
Noun
[edit]väderkorn n
- scent ((good) ability to smell, of an animal, especially a dog)
- (now uncommon) scent (picking up a scent)
- få väderkorn på något
- get scent of something
- (figuratively) nose, flair ((good) ability to find out or discover things, "sniff out," intuit developments, etc.)
- ha gott/bra väderkorn
- have a keen nose
- hennes politiska väderkorn
- her flair for politics
Usage notes
[edit]More commonly as "få korn på" in (sense 2).
Declension
[edit]Declension of väderkorn | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | väderkorn | väderkornet | — | — |
Genitive | väderkorns | väderkornets | — | — |