grönsak

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of grön (“fresh, green”) +‎ sak (“[food] item”), as in not dried or in other ways preserved. Originally likely referring to the quality of the food (fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, etc.), later becoming the specific food type (vegetables). [1][2] First attested in 1765[3].

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Noun

grönsak c

  1. a vegetable
    Grönsaker är nyttigt
    Vegetables are healthy [is healthy]
    grönsakssoppa
    vegetable soup
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) a vegetable (severely physically or mentally impaired person (unable to take care of themselves, with a dull-seeming existence))
    Han ville inte bli en grönsak på hemmet
    He didn't want to end up [become] a vegetable in the nursing home

Declension

Declension of grönsak
nominative genitive
singular indefinite grönsak grönsaks
definite grönsaken grönsakens
plural indefinite grönsaker grönsakers
definite grönsakerna grönsakernas

See also

References

  1. ^ grön in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  2. ^ sak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  3. ^ grönsak in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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