skeppsbrott
Swedish
editEtymology
editskepp (“ship”) + -s- + brott (“break”)
Noun
editskeppsbrott n
- a ship breaking up and going under (usually due to a storm); a shipwreck event
- Synonym: förlisning
- ett skeppsbrott ― a shipwreck (event)
- De led skeppsbrott ― They suffered a shipwreck
Declension
editDeclension of skeppsbrott | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skeppsbrott | skeppsbrottet | skeppsbrott | skeppsbrotten |
Genitive | skeppsbrotts | skeppsbrottets | skeppsbrotts | skeppsbrottens |
Related terms
editSee also
edit- gå på grund (“run aground”)
- skeppsvrak
- stranda (“run aground”)
References
edit- skeppsbrott in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skeppsbrott in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skeppsbrott in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skeppsbrott in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)