skallgång
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From skall (“bark”) + gång (“walk, going”). Originally of driving hunted animals.
Noun edit
skallgång c
- a thorough search of an area (often for a missing person) by a search party walking next to each other in a line
- De ska gå skallgång
- They're going to organize a search party
Declension edit
| Declension of skallgång | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skallgång | skallgången | skallgångar | skallgångarna |
| Genitive | skallgångs | skallgångens | skallgångars | skallgångarnas |
Derived terms edit
- skallgångskedja (the line of people)