mardröm
Swedish
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Noun
editmardröm c
- a nightmare (distressing, often frightening dream)
- drömma mardrömmar om att bli jagad av ett läskigt monster
- have nightmares of being chased by a scary monster
- Hon har haft mardrömmar varje natt i en månad
- She has had nightmares every night for a month
- (figuratively) a nightmare (very bad situation or experience)
- Vilken mardröm!
- What a nightmare!
Usage notes
editBoth "dream [drömma] a nightmare" and "have [ha] a nightmare" are idiomatic in Swedish, emphasizing either the dreaming or the having.
Declension
editDeclension of mardröm | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mardröm | mardrömmen | mardrömmar | mardrömmarna |
Genitive | mardröms | mardrömmens | mardrömmars | mardrömmarnas |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- mardröm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mardröm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mardröm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)