eldprov

Swedish

Etymology

eld (“fire”) +‎ prov (“test”)

Noun

eldprov n

  1. a trial by fire, an ordeal by fire (ordeal in which an accused could prove their innocence by walking on or holding hot iron or the like without getting (severely) burned)
  2. (figuratively) a difficult, decisive test; an acid test, a trial by fire
    Att släppa in en miljon användare kommer bli ett eldprov för systemet
    Letting a million users in will be an acid test of the system

Declension

Declension of eldprov
nominative genitive
singular indefinite eldprov eldprovs
definite eldprovet eldprovets
plural indefinite eldprov eldprovs
definite eldproven eldprovens

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