krutdurk

Swedish

Etymology

krut (“gunpowder”) +‎ durk (“storage room at the bottom of a ship”)

Noun

krutdurk c

  1. powder keg, tinderbox, flash point

Usage notes

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

Declension of krutdurk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite krutdurk krutdurks
definite krutdurken krutdurkens
plural indefinite krutdurkar krutdurkars
definite krutdurkarna krutdurkarnas

References

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