vingslag
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vinge (“wing”) + slag (“stroke”)
Noun[edit]
vingslag n
- a wingbeat (of an animal in flight)
- (somewhat poetic, in "historiens vingslag") history, experienced in a concrete, tangible, palpable way
- Man kan känna historiens vingslag när man vandrar bland Roms ruiner
- You can feel the wingbeats of history when you walk among the ruins of Rome (experience history as a tangible real thing, ish)
- Man kände historiens vingslag när diktatorn gav upp
- You felt the wingbeats of history when the dictator surrendered (felt history being made)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of vingslag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vingslag | vingslaget | vingslag | vingslagen |
| Genitive | vingslags | vingslagets | vingslags | vingslagens |