bottenskrap

Swedish

Etymology

botten (“bottom”) +‎ skrap (“"scrape", scrapings”)

Noun

bottenskrap n

  1. something scraped off the bottom of something
  2. (figuratively) the worst (remainder) of something, (the) bottom of the barrel
    De mjölkar honom efter hans död genom att släppa ratat bottenskrap
    They're milking him after his death by releasing scrapped bottom of the barrel stuff [rejected bottom-scrape]
    Laget ligger i bottenskrapet i rankingen på plats 73
    The team is in the bottom rung of the rankings in 73rd place
    1. (figuratively) dregs (contemptible or worthless people, the worst people)
      samhällets bottenskrap
      the dregs of society

Declension

Declension of bottenskrap
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bottenskrap bottenskraps
definite bottenskrapet bottenskrapets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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References

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