vandel
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German wandel. Cognate of German Wandel. Related to the verb vandla, now obsolete except for as the second part of förvandla and omvandla.
Noun
editvandel c
- lifestyle, way of life (from a moral standpoint), (when sounding better as a translation) conduct
- bristande vandel
- lack of good moral character ["deficient conduct" – often in political discourse on immigration, now sometimes used tongue in cheek as a formal-sounding term]
- god vandel
- good moral character
- vandelsprövning
- moral character review / suitability review
Declension
editDeclension of vandel | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | vandel | vandeln | — | — |
Genitive | vandels | vandelns | — | — |
See also
editReferences
edit- vandel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vandel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vandel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- vandel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)