skrupel

See also: Skrupel

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skrupel, from Latin scrūpulus.

Noun

skrupel c

  1. scruple, qualm
  2. (historical) A Swedish unit of length at 29.7 µm, or 1⁄10 of a gran (“grain; 0.297 mm”).
    Coordinate terms: rev, stång, fot, decimaltum, nylinje, gran, skrupel
  3. (historical, pharmacy) A Swedish scruple at 1.237 g; 1⁄3 of a drakma (“drachm; 3,711 g”) or 20 gran (“grain; 61.85 mg”).
    Coordinate terms: liber, uns, drakma, skrupel, gran

Usage notes

Ordinarily plural.

Declension
Declension of skrupel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skrupel skrupeln skrupler skruplerna
Genitive skrupels skrupelns skruplers skruplernas

Derived terms

References
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