kriminaldrama
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
kriminal- (“crime”) + drama (“drama”)
Noun edit
kriminaldrama n
- a genre featuring crime and drama; a detective story
- 1905, Alf E. Schwartz, Pedagogisk Tidskrift[1], volume 41, page 7:
- Lillos i detta hänseende märkliga kriminaldrama George Barnwell, ett slags tragédie bourgeoise, spelades redan 1731.
- Lillo's in this respect strange crime drama George Barnwell, a kind of bourgeois tragedy, was played as early as 1731.
Hyponyms edit
- kriminalfilm (“crime movie”)
- kriminalpjäs (“crime play”)
- kriminalroman (“crime novel”)
- kriminalserie (“crime show”)