röd tråd

Swedish

Etymology

röd (“red”) +‎ tråd (“thread”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of roter Faden”)

Noun

röd tråd c

  1. (idiomatic) a common theme that runs through something, a common thread
    Fascinationen för älgar löper som en röd tråd genom hennes böcker
    Her fascination with moose runs like a common thread through her books
    Den röda tråden under mötet var behovet av att få folk att lyssna
    The common thread during the meeting was the need to get people to listen

Declension

Declension of röd tråd
nominative genitive
singular indefinite röd tråd röd tråds
definite röda tråden röda trådens
plural indefinite röda trådar röda trådars
definite röda trådarna röda trådarnas

References

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