framfart

Swedish

Etymology

fram (“forth”) +‎ fart (“going (nominalization of fara)”)

Noun

framfart c

1. a going forth (physically, or more abstractly), an advance, a progression (often violent)

   hejda eldens framfart

   stop the fire from advancing

   huliganernas våldsamma framfart

   the violent forth-going of the hooligans ("rampage" or the like would be more idiomatic, but to capture the meaning)

Declension

Declension of framfart
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	framfart	framfarten	framfarter	framfarterna
Genitive	framfarts	framfartens	framfarters	framfarternas

References

• framfart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• framfart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)