overspringshandling
Danish
Etymology
From overspring (“act of skipping”) + handling (“action”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɒwʌsbʁɛŋshanleŋ/, [ˈɒʊ̯ɐˌsb̥ʁæŋˀsˌhanleŋ]
- Rhymes: -eŋ
Noun
overspringshandling c (singular definite overspringshandlingen, plural indefinite overspringshandlinger)
- a task that one does in order to avoid doing some other, more important task
- 2012, Birthe Hougaard-Andersen, Nete Nørgaard-Nielsen, Gennemslagskraft og nonverbal kommunikation: Bliv set, hørt og forstået, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- En anden ting, der er typisk for en ukoncentreret tilstand, er, når du begynder at foretage overspringshandlinger.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2014, P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Nattens hus #10: Skjult, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:
- Jeg slår bare lidt tid ihjel med en overspringshandling.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Inflection
Declension of overspringshandling
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | overspringshandling | overspringshandlingen | overspringshandlinger | overspringshandlingerne |
| genitive | overspringshandlings | overspringshandlingens | overspringshandlingers | overspringshandlingernes |
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