skallgång

Swedish

Etymology

From skall (“bark”) +‎ gång (“walk, going”). Originally of driving hunted animals.

Noun

skallgång c

  1. a thorough search of an area (often for a missing person) by a search party walking next to each other in a line
    De ska gå skallgång
    They're going to organize a search party

Declension

Declension of skallgång
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skallgång skallgångs
definite skallgången skallgångens
plural indefinite skallgångar skallgångars
definite skallgångarna skallgångarnas

Derived terms

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