sprängstoff

Swedish

Etymology

spränga (“blow up”) +‎ stoff (“material”)

Noun

sprängstoff n

  1. explosive material
  2. (figuratively) dynamite (something with (the potential to have) a big impact)
    De granskande journalisterna insåg att de satt på sprängstoff
    The investigative journalists realized they were sitting on dynamite

Declension

Declension of sprängstoff
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sprängstoff sprängstoffs
definite sprängstoffet sprängstoffets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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