människokött

Swedish

Etymology

From människa +‎ -o- +‎ kött.

Noun

människokött n (uncountable)

  1. human flesh, human meat
    Hedningarna anklagade kristna för att äta människokött.
    Pagans accused Christians of eating human flesh.
    • 1891, Selma Lagerlöf, Gösta Berlings saga [The Saga of Gösta Berling]‎[1], Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 21 October 2025:
      [Vargarna tjöt av] hunger och blodtörst. De blänkande tänderna [var] färdiga att hugga in i mjukt människokött.
      The wolves howled with hunger and thirst for blood. The glittering teeth were ready to seize the soft human flesh.

Declension

Declension of människokött
nominative genitive
singular indefinite människokött människokötts
definite människoköttet människoköttets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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