krutdurk
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
krut (“gunpowder”) + durk (“storage room at the bottom of a ship”)
Noun edit
krutdurk c
Usage notes edit
During the 18th century used literally (in the sense of storage room for gunpowder), by the 20th century mostly figuratively (in the sense of an explosive situation).
Declension edit
| Declension of krutdurk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | krutdurk | krutdurken | krutdurkar | krutdurkarna |
| Genitive | krutdurks | krutdurkens | krutdurkars | krutdurkarnas |