skeppsbrott

Swedish

Etymology

skepp (“ship”) +‎ -s- +‎ brott (“break”)

Noun

skeppsbrott n

a ship breaking up and going under (usually due to a storm); a shipwreck event
Synonym: förlisning

ett skeppsbrott ― a shipwreck (event)

De led skeppsbrott ― They suffered a shipwreck

Declension

Declension of skeppsbrott
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skeppsbrott	skeppsbrottet	skeppsbrott	skeppsbrotten
Genitive	skeppsbrotts	skeppsbrottets	skeppsbrotts	skeppsbrottens

See also

gå på grund (“run aground”)
skeppsvrak
stranda (“run aground”)

References

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