svallvåg

Swedish

Etymology

svall +‎ våg

Noun

svallvåg c

  1. (nautical) a wave caused by a moving ship (or the like), wake, a bow wave
    En färja passerade just, så snart kommer det stora svallvågor
    A ferry just passed, so soon there will be big waves (by the standard of waves caused by moving ships)
  2. (figurative) consequence

Declension

Declension of svallvåg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svallvåg svallvågs
definite svallvågen svallvågens
plural indefinite svallvågor svallvågors
definite svallvågorna svallvågornas

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