livstid

Swedish

Etymology

From liv +‎ -s- +‎ tid.

Noun

livstid c

  1. age (whole duration of a being), a lifetime
    Bach och Mozart fick inte uppleva jazzarrangemang av sina kompositioner under sina livstider.
    Bach and Mozart did not experience jazz arrangements of their compositions during their lifetimes.
  2. Short for livstids fängelse (“life imprisonment”) (which is not commonly for life)
    Han fick livstid ― He was sentenced to life imprisonment

Declension

Declension of livstid
nominative genitive
singular indefinite livstid livstids
definite livstiden livstidens
plural indefinite livstider livstiders
definite livstiderna livstidernas

Derived terms

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