drös
Swedish
Etymology
From the verb drösa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drøːs/
- Rhymes: -øːs
Noun
drös c
- (somewhat colloquial) a bunch, a slew, a host (large unordered collection (of something))
- Det låg en drös med papper på bordet
- There was a messy pile of papers on the table
- En drös artister uppträder på festivalen
- A slew of artists will perform at the festival
- 1850, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, “Det går an [It works]”, in Törnrosens bok Imperial Octav Upplaga [III], page 74:
- Ja, det kan jag väl säga, ehuru det låter barnsligt. Jag tycker det är tråkigt, att åka på bondkärra och hafva en drös vid sidan.
- Yes, I can say that, although it sounds childish. I think it is boring, to ride on a farm cart and have a heap on the side.
- 2023 January 3, Natalie Radlovacki, “Kapitoliumstormningens bevissamling ute på databas [Capitol storming evidence collection out on database]”, in SVT Nyheter:
- Den utvalda kommittén som behandlar den rättsliga processen kring stormningen av den amerikanska kongressen den 6 januari 2021 har lagt ut en drös bevismaterial från fallet på en ny databas, […]
- The select committee dealing with the judicial process surrounding the storming of the US Congress on January 6, 2021 has put a trove of evidence from the case into a new database, […]
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Nominative | drös | drösen | drösar | drösarna |
Genitive | drös | drösens | drösars | drösarnas |
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