Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Calque of German Umschweif. Compare Danish omsvøb.

Noun edit

omsvep n

  1. circumlocution

Usage notes edit

Commonly in the form "utan omsvep" (head-on, without beating around the bush).

Declension edit

Declension of omsvep 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative omsvep omsvepet omsvep omsvepen
Genitive omsveps omsvepets omsveps omsvepens

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