spaltmeter

Swedish

Etymology

From spalt (“column”) +‎ meter.

Noun

spaltmeter c

1. a (figurative) meter of text in columns (in a newspaper, as a more-or-less jocular unit in reference to copious coverage)

   Tidningarna har fått vittring på skandalen. Spaltmeter kommer skrivas om det här.

   The newspapers have picked up the scent of the scandal. "Column-meters" will be written about this.

Declension

Declension of spaltmeter
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spaltmeter	spaltmetern	spaltmeter	spaltmeterna
Genitive	spaltmeters	spaltmeterns	spaltmeters	spaltmeternas

Declension of spaltmeter
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spaltmeter	spaltmetern	spaltmetrar	spaltmetrarna
Genitive	spaltmeters	spaltmeterns	spaltmetrars	spaltmetrarnas

References

• spaltmeter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spaltmeter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spaltmeter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)