hyllmeter

Swedish

Etymology

hylla +‎ meter

Noun

hyllmeter c

  1. shelf meter; a metre of linear shelving (measurement unit for libraries and archives)
    Den senaste leveransen med böcker tog upp tre hyllmeter i biblioteket.
    The last batch of books delivered was enough to fill three meters of shelf space in the library.
  2. (by extension, chiefly figuratively) amount of text or information that requires one shelf meter of storage
    Det har skrivits många hyllmetrar om den skandalen, så du kan säkert får reda på allt du undrar om det.
    Tomes upon tomes have been written about that scandal, so anything you might be wondering about the topic, you can most certainly find out.

Declension

Declension of hyllmeter
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hyllmeter hyllmeters
definite hyllmetern hyllmeterns
plural indefinite hyllmetrar hyllmetrars
definite hyllmetrarna hyllmetrarnas

References

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