vandel

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wandel. Cognate of German Wandel. Related to the verb vandla, now obsolete except for as the second part of förvandla and omvandla.

Noun

vandel c

  1. lifestyle, way of life (from a moral standpoint), (when sounding better as a translation) conduct
    bristande vandel
    lack of good moral character ["deficient conduct" – often in political discourse on immigration, now sometimes used tongue in cheek as a formal-sounding term]
    god vandel
    good moral character
    vandelsprövning
    moral character review / suitability review

Declension

Declension of vandel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vandel vandels
definite vandeln vandelns
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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