tidningsanka

Swedish

Etymology

From tidning (“newspaper”) +‎ -s- +‎ anka (“duck”). Compare English canard, German Zeitungsente.

Noun

tidningsanka c

  1. a canard (attention-grabbing but false piece of information in a newspaper)
    Synonym: anka

Declension

Declension of tidningsanka
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tidningsanka tidningsankas
definite tidningsankan tidningsankans
plural indefinite tidningsankor tidningsankors
definite tidningsankorna tidningsankornas

References

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