tvärstup

Swedish

Etymology

From tvär +‎ stup. See also tvärt. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk tverrstup.

Noun

tvärstup n

  1. a sheer drop-off, a sheer precipice ((nearly) vertical precipice (emphasizing steepness or an imposing drop and sometimes the "suddenness" of the downward change of direction))
    När de sprang från monstret kom de till ett tvärstup
    As they ran from the monster, they came to a sheer drop-off

Declension

Declension of tvärstup
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tvärstup tvärstups
definite tvärstupet tvärstupets
plural indefinite tvärstup tvärstups
definite tvärstupen tvärstupens

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References

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