tankesmedja

Swedish

FWOTD – 27 April 2021

Etymology

Compound of tanke (“thought”) +‎ smedja (“smithy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²taŋkɛˌsmeːdja/

Noun

tankesmedja c

  1. think tank
    • 2012, Johan Strang, Nordiska Gemenskaper: En vision för samarbetet, Norden (Nordic Council of Ministers, publ.), page 77.
      Den viktigaste uppgiften för tankesmedjan skulle vara att skapa förutsättningar för en kontinuerlig politisk debatt om Norden utanför Nordiska rådet.
      The most important task for the think tank would be to create preconditions for a continuous political debate about the North outside of the Nordic Council.
    en oberoende tankesmedja ― an independent think tank

Declension

Declension of tankesmedja
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tankesmedja tankesmedjas
definite tankesmedjan tankesmedjans
plural indefinite tankesmedjor tankesmedjors
definite tankesmedjorna tankesmedjornas

Further reading

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