sparlåga

Swedish

Etymology

spara (“to save”) +‎ låga (“flame”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɑːrˌloːɡa/

Noun

sparlåga c

  1. (literally) back burner, low heat (section of a stove producing relatively little heat)
  2. (figurative) back burner (a state of low activity; a state of low current importance)

Declension

Declension of sparlåga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sparlåga sparlågas
definite sparlågan sparlågans
plural indefinite sparlågor sparlågors
definite sparlågorna sparlågornas

Derived terms

References

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