annalkande
Swedish
Participle
annalkande
- present participle of annalka
Adjective
annalkande (not comparable)
- approaching, impending
- Hon vannade för den annalkande katastrofen.
- She warned of the impending disaster.
- 1859, Viktor Rydberg, Den siste athenaren [The Last Athenian][1], Hedlund & Lindskog, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 12 October 2025:
- Rakel hörde den annalkande orkanens brus.
- Rachael heard the roar of the approaching hurricane.
- 2008, Dick Harrison, “Vikingar i västerled [Vikings on the Western Way]”, in Populär Historia[2], number 12, archived from the original on 11 October 2025:
- En annalkande vikingaflotta var en skräckinjagande syn.
- An approaching Viking fleet was a terrifying sight.
- 2025 April 3, Ekot, “'Kritiker kallar det för annalkande lågkonjunktur' ['Critics call it an impending recession']”, in Sveriges Radio[3], archived from the original on 11 October 2025:
- "Hans kritiker kallar det för en annalkande lågkonjunktur."
- "His critics call it an impending recession."
Noun
annalkande n
- approach
- 1857, Viktor Rydberg, Fribytaren på Östersjön [The Freebooter of the Baltic][4], A. Kösters förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 12 October 2025:
- [Han] insjuknade [under sjöresan] och kände dödens annalkande.
- He fell ill during the sea voyage, and felt the approach of death.
- 1861, William Shakespeare, translated by Carl August Hagberg, Konung Henrik den femte [Henry V][5], Gleerups förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 11 October 2025:
- Det tror jag; men vi [har] icke stor orsak att längta efter dagens annalkande.
- I think it be, but we have no great cause to desire the approach of day.