röd tråd

Swedish

Etymology

röd (red) + tråd (thread)

Noun

röd tråd c

  1. (idiomatic) a common theme that runs through something, a common thread
    Fascinationen för älgar löper som en röd tråd genom hennes böcker
    Her fascination with moose runs like a common thread through her books
    Den röda tråden under mötet var behovet av att få folk att lyssna
    The common thread during the meeting was the need to get people to listen

Declension

Declension of röd tråd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative röd tråd röda tråden röda trådar röda trådarna
Genitive röd tråds röda trådens röda trådars röda trådarnas

References

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