stämpel

Swedish

Noun

stämpel c

  2. a stamp ((hand) tool for stamping designs)
  4. a stamp, a mark (the stamped design)
  5. (figuratively) something (persistently) linked to someone; a (negative) label, a brand (mark of infamy), a stamp (neutral), etc.
    få en stämpel som alkoholist / golare
    be labeled [get a stamp as] an alcoholic / a snitch
    Samhället har satt sin stämpel på mig
    Society has branded [put its stamp on] me [implies a stigmatizing label that is hard to get rid of]
    sätta sin stämpel på något
    put one's stamp on something

Declension

Declension of stämpel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite stämpel stämpels
definite stämpeln stämpelns
plural indefinite stämplar stämplars
definite stämplarna stämplarnas

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