nödraket
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From nöd (“distress”) + raket (“rocket”).
Noun edit
nödraket c
- a flare used to signal distress, usually at sea and shining red
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) a can or bottle of beer bought at a regular store, in Sweden by law allowed to contain up to 3.5% alcohol by volume, as a substitute after failing to get stronger alcohol at the government-owned liquor store chain Systembolaget (e.g. having missed its opening hours)
Declension edit
| Declension of nödraket | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | nödraket | nödraketen | nödraketer | nödraketerna |
| Genitive | nödrakets | nödraketens | nödraketers | nödraketernas |