simmärke

Swedish

Top left: Simborgarmärket, swim 200 metres, any stroke, no time requirement.
Top right: Livräddarmärket, rescue of simulated drowning victim.
Lower left: Magistermärket, bronze, accumulate at least 18 point in a series of tests.
Lower right: A collection of swimming badges.

Etymology

Compound of sim (“swimming”) +‎ märke (“badge”). First attested in 1931.

Compare with German Schwimmabzeichen.

Noun

simmärke n

  1. A swimming badge; a badge awarded for an accomplishment in swimming.
    Hypernym: idrottsmärke (“sports badge”)
    • 1931 November 24, Dagens Nyheter‎[1]:
      […] frågan om instiftande av ett simmärke upp.
      […] the question of the establishment of a swimming badge [came] up.
    • 2021 June 9, Bosse Carlqvist, “Åttaårige Theo i Vara tog elitmärket – efter 11 guldmagistern [Eight-year-old Theo in Vara took the elite badge - after 11 gold masters]”, in SVT Nyheter‎[2]:
      Nu har han bara ett mål vad gäller simmärken kvar. […] Theo Larsson med sin imponerande samling av simmärken.
      Now he has only one goal in terms of swimming badges left. […] Theo Larsson with his impressive collection of swimming badges.
    • 2025 June 3, “Krokodilen och Sjöstjärnan nya simmärken [The Crocodile and the Starfish – New Swimming Badges]”, in SVT Nyheter, sourced from TT News Agency:
      Svenska Livräddningssällskapet lanserar fem nya simmärken som ska hjälpa till att träna tidig vattenvana hos små barn.
      The Swedish Life Saving Society has launched five new swimming badges aimed at encouraging early water confidence in young children.

Declension

Declension of simmärke
nominative genitive
singular indefinite simmärke simmärkes
definite simmärket simmärkets
plural indefinite simmärken simmärkens
definite simmärkena simmärkenas

References

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