nödraket

Swedish

Etymology

From nöd (“distress”) +‎ raket (“rocket”).

Noun

nödraket c

  1. a flare used to signal distress, usually at sea and shining red
  2. (slang, chiefly in the plural) a can or bottle of beer bought at a regular store, in Sweden by law allowed to contain up to 3.5% alcohol by volume, as a substitute after failing to get stronger alcohol at the government-owned liquor store chain Systembolaget (e.g. having missed its opening hours)

Declension

Declension of nödraket
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nödraket nödrakets
definite nödraketen nödraketens
plural indefinite nödraketer nödraketers
definite nödraketerna nödraketernas

See also

  • folköl (“beer with an alcohol content between 2.25% and 3.5% by volume”)
  • sjönöd

References

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