potemkinkuliss

Swedish

Etymology

Potemkin +‎ kuliss

Noun

potemkinkuliss c

  1. (chiefly plural) Potemkin village
    Det var inget annat än potemkinkulisser, en tjusig kista med ett lik inuti.
    It was nothing but a Potemkin village, a fancy coffin with a corpse inside.

Declension

Declension of potemkinkuliss
nominative genitive
singular indefinite potemkinkuliss potemkinkuliss
definite potemkinkulissen potemkinkulissens
plural indefinite potemkinkulisser potemkinkulissers
definite potemkinkulisserna potemkinkulissernas

References

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