avskrap

Swedish

Etymology

av (“off”) +‎ skrap (“"scrape", scrapings, scraps”)

Noun

avskrap n

1. scrapings, scraps (waste material, from scraping, or more generally)
2. (figuratively) scum, dregs, offscourings (contemptible or worthless people)

   Hon är avskrap

   She is scum

   samhällets avskrap

   the dregs / offscourings of society

3. (figuratively) trash, garbage, refuse (the worst of something)
4. scrapings (scraped-off material, for example deposited onto something)

Declension

Declension of avskrap
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	avskrap	avskrapet	—	—
Genitive	avskraps	avskrapets	—	—

See also

• avskum
• bottenskrap
• drägg
• pack

References

• avskrap in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• avskrap in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• avskrap in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)