vrångstrupe

See also: vrangstrupe

Swedish

Etymology

vrång (“wrong (in this compound)”) +‎ strupe (“throat”)

Noun

vrångstrupe c

1. the trachea (windpipe), as opposed to the oesophagus (food pipe), in the context of food going down the wrong way

Declension

Declension of vrångstrupe
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vrångstrupe	vrångstrupen	vrångstrupar	vrångstruparna
Genitive	vrångstrupes	vrångstrupens	vrångstrupars	vrångstruparnas

See also

• sätta i vrångstrupen (“have go down the wrong way”)

References

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