vrångstrupe
See also: vrangstrupe
Swedish
Etymology
vrång (“wrong (in this compound)”) + strupe (“throat”)
Noun
vrångstrupe c
- the trachea (windpipe), as opposed to the oesophagus (food pipe), in the context of food going down the wrong way
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vrångstrupe | vrångstrupes |
| definite | vrångstrupen | vrångstrupens | |
| plural | indefinite | vrångstrupar | vrångstrupars |
| definite | vrångstruparna | vrångstruparnas |
See also
- sätta i vrångstrupen (“have go down the wrong way”)