bruksmiljö

Swedish

Etymology

bruk (“mill, works”) +‎ -s- +‎ miljö (“environment, surroundings”)

Noun

bruksmiljö c

  1. (typical) surroundings of (the older parts of) a (Swedish) mill town (bruksort) (including the (old) mill or works itself, workers' housing, often one or more manors, and often scenic natural surroundings); (old) mill environment/setting/surroundings, etc.
    en restaurang i vacker bruksmiljö
    a restaurant in a beautiful (old) mill (town) setting
    guidad vandring i gammal bruksmiljö
    a guided walk in the surroundings of an old mill (town)

Usage notes

Often with picturesque connotations.

Declension

Declension of bruksmiljö
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bruksmiljö bruksmiljös
definite bruksmiljön bruksmiljöns
plural indefinite bruksmiljöer bruksmiljöers
definite bruksmiljöerna bruksmiljöernas

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References

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