grottekvarn

Swedish

Etymology

Coined by Viktor Rydberg in 1891, after the mill in Grottasöngr which can mill gold, but is too heavy to be used by humans and has to be operated by giants.

Noun

grottekvarn c

miserable working conditions, ruthless industrialism

Declension

Declension of grottekvarn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grottekvarn	grottekvarnen	grottekvarnar	grottekvarnarna
Genitive	grottekvarns	grottekvarnens	grottekvarnars	grottekvarnarnas

References

grottekvarn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
grottekvarn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
grottekvarn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Grottekvarn in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1909)

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