klarskinn

Swedish

Etymology

klar +‎ skinn, used since 1856.

Noun

klarskinn n

1. a small piece of dried fish-skin used for clearing boiled coffee

   Ty en sannskyldig kaffekäring försakar hellre nådamedlen än klarskinn till kaffet.

   For a true coffee lady would rather forsake the sacraments than the clearing skin for her coffee.

Declension

Declension of klarskinn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	klarskinn	klarskinnet	klarskinn	klarskinnen
Genitive	klarskinns	klarskinnets	klarskinns	klarskinnens

Related terms

• klarning

References

• klarskinn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klarskinn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)