påfund

See also: pafund

Swedish

Etymology

From på and finna.

Noun

påfund n

  1. something (disagreeable) someone has come up with (like an invention or an idea)
    Webben och andra moderna påfund
    The Web and other modern inventions
    Snabbmat är inget modernt påfund
    Fast food is not a modern invention
    Rollspel och rockmusik är djävulens påfund
    Role-playing games and rock music are the work of the devil ("djävulens påfund" is idiomatic for "the work of the devil")

Declension

Declension of påfund
nominative genitive
singular indefinite påfund påfunds
definite påfundet påfundets
plural indefinite påfund påfunds
definite påfunden påfundens

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References

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