krutdurk
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
krut (“gunpowder”) + durk (“storage room at the bottom of a ship”)
Noun[edit]
krutdurk c
Usage notes[edit]
During the 18th century used literally (in the sense of storage room for gunpowder), by the 20th century mostly figuratively (in the sense of an explosive situation).
Declension[edit]
| Declension of krutdurk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | krutdurk | krutdurken | krutdurkar | krutdurkarna |
| Genitive | krutdurks | krutdurkens | krutdurkars | krutdurkarnas |