stafettpinne
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From stafett (“relay race”) + pinne (“stick”).
Noun edit
stafettpinne c
- a baton exchanged between team members in a relay race
- (figuratively) responsibility (being handed over)
- Han pensionerade sig och lämnade över stafettpinnen till en underordnad
- He retired and handed over the baton (position/responsibility) to a subordinate
Declension edit
| Declension of stafettpinne | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stafettpinne | stafettpinnen | stafettpinnar | stafettpinnarna |
| Genitive | stafettpinnes | stafettpinnens | stafettpinnars | stafettpinnarnas |