svinn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svinn n (definite singular svinnet, indefinite plural svinn, definite plural svinna)

  1. wastage, waste (e.g. products from a shop thrown away because of expiring dato)

See also

Old Norse

Adjective

svinn

  1. inflection of sviðr:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from svinna.

Noun

svinn n

  1. wastage, waste, loss, shrinkage (of some goods or resource, due to leakage, process inefficiencies, theft, or other things)
    Lite svinn får man räkna med
    You have to expect some wastage
    matsvinn
    wasted food

Declension

Declension of svinn
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svinn svinns
definite svinnet svinnets
plural indefinite svinn svinns
definite svinnen svinnens

References

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