språngmarsch
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compound of språng (“run”) + marsch (“march”). Likely formed via the military command Med språng, marsch! (“Double, march!”, literally “With run, march!”) First attested in 1851.[1]
Noun edit
språngmarsch c
- (military) double, double-quick
- (by extension, colloquial) a movement faster than walking; a jog or run
- 2023 June 28, Oscar Appelgren, “Villaägare väcktes av inbrottstjuv – ung man gripen efter polisens språngmarsch [Homeowner were woken up by burglar - young man arrested after police chase]”, in Smålandsposten:
- Efter en språngmarsch på ett par hundra meter kunde han gripas i närheten av Söderleden, säger Robert Loeffel, polisens presstalesperson.
- After a chase of a couple of hundred meters, he was arrested near the South Lane, says Robert Loeffel, the police's spokesperson.
Declension edit
| Declension of språngmarsch | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | språngmarsch | språngmarschen | språngmarscher | språngmarscherna |
| Genitive | språngmarschs | språngmarschens | språngmarschers | språngmarschernas |