röd tråd

Swedish

Etymology

röd (“red”) +‎ tråd (“thread”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of roter Faden”)

Noun

röd tråd c

1. (idiomatic) a common theme that runs through something, a common thread

   Fascinationen för älgar löper som en röd tråd genom hennes böcker

   Her fascination with moose runs like a common thread through her books

   Den röda tråden under mötet var behovet av att få folk att lyssna

   The common thread during the meeting was the need to get people to listen

Declension

Declension of röd tråd
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	röd tråd	röda tråden	röda trådar	röda trådarna
Genitive	röd tråds	röda trådens	röda trådars	röda trådarnas

References

• tråd in Svensk ordbok (SO)