mardröm

Swedish

Etymology

mara +‎ dröm

Pronunciation

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Noun

mardröm c

  1. a nightmare (distressing, often frightening dream)
    drömma mardrömmar om att bli jagad av ett läskigt monster
    have nightmares of being chased by a scary monster
    Hon har haft mardrömmar varje natt i en månad
    She has had nightmares every night for a month
  2. (figuratively) a nightmare (very bad situation or experience)
    Vilken mardröm!
    What a nightmare!

Usage notes

Both "dream [drömma] a nightmare" and "have [ha] a nightmare" are idiomatic in Swedish, emphasizing either the dreaming or the having.

Declension

Declension of mardröm
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mardröm mardröms
definite mardrömmen mardrömmens
plural indefinite mardrömmar mardrömmars
definite mardrömmarna mardrömmarnas

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