hetsjakt

Swedish

Etymology

hetsa (“set on, sic”) +‎ jakt (“hunt”)

Noun

hetsjakt c

  1. coursing (hunting technique with dogs)
  2. (figuratively) a hounding, a witch-hunt (relentless persecution)
    Journalisterna har bedrivit en hetsjakt på honom
    The journalists have hounded him relentlessly

Declension

Declension of hetsjakt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hetsjakt hetsjakts
definite hetsjakten hetsjaktens
plural indefinite hetsjakter hetsjakters
definite hetsjakterna hetsjakternas

References

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