missbruk
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish misbruk (“bad habit”). By surface analysis, miss- + bruk. Cognate of German Missbrauch.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːk
Noun
missbruk n
- harmful or improper usage; abuse, misuse
- alkohol- och drogmissbruk
- alcohol and drug abuse
- maktmissbruk
- abuse of power
- (literally, “power abuse”)
- missbruk av allmänna medel
- misuse of public funds
- substance abuse
- kämpa med missbruk
- struggle with substance abuse [normally implied]
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | missbruk | missbruks |
| definite | missbruket | missbrukets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
- alkoholmissbruk
- amfetaminmissbruk
- blandmissbruk
- drogmissbruk
- heroinmissbruk
- knarkmissbruk
- kokainmissbruk
- läkemedelsmissbruk
- maktmissbruk
- matmissbruk
- mobilmissbruk
- morfinmissbruk
- myndighetsmissbruk
- narkotikamissbruk
- opiatmissbruk
- opiummissbruk
- sexmissbruk
- spelmissbruk
- spritmissbruk
- tablettmissbruk