sväng

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋː

Noun

sväng c

  1. a turn (especially by a vehicle)
    bilens sväng
    the turn made by the car
  2. a turn, a bend (in a road)
    Bilen körde in i en sväng
    The car went into a turn
  3. (colloquial) a walk, a trip (often a more leisurely one)
    Jag ska ut och gå en sväng
    I'm gonna go for a walk ("go out and walk a turn")
    Jag ska ta en sväng till affären
    I'm gonna take a trip to the store
  4. (colloquial) an area (of work or the like)
    Han är i kodarsvängen
    He's in the coding business ("the coder turn")
  5. (colloquial) an instance of dancing
    Ska vi ta oss en sväng?
    Should we have a "turn"?
  6. (in "ta ut svängarna") to let loose (a bit), to go (a bit) wild (break conventions, etc., literally "take out the turns," meaning to do wide turns)

Declension

Declension of sväng 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sväng svängen svängar svängarna
Genitive svängs svängens svängars svängarnas

Noun

sväng n

  1. (colloquial) groove, swing (as a property of music)

Declension

Declension of sväng 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sväng svänget
Genitive svängs svängets

Verb

sväng

  1. imperative of svänga

References

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