stålbad

Swedish

Etymology

stål (“steel”) +‎ bad (“bath”). Historically some spas had baths with iron salts.

Noun

stålbad n

1. painful ordeal, acid test, baptism by fire

Declension

Declension of stålbad
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stålbad	stålbadet	stålbad	stålbaden
Genitive	stålbads	stålbadets	stålbads	stålbadens

References

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