rundarkiv

Swedish

Etymology

rund (“round, circular”) +‎ arkiv (“archive”), used at least since the year 2000, cognate with German Rundarchiv.

Noun

rundarkiv n

  1. (slang) a wastebasket (in an office)
    Den här rapporten lär hamna i rundarkivet.
    This report will end up in the wastebasket (literally: will be filed in the round archive).

Declension

Declension of rundarkiv
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rundarkiv rundarkivs
definite rundarkivet rundarkivets
plural indefinite rundarkiv rundarkivs
definite rundarkiven rundarkivens

Synonyms


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