skeppsbrott

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skipbrut, equivalent to skepp (“ship”) +‎ -s- +‎ brott (“break”).

Noun

skeppsbrott n

  1. a shipwreck (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
    Synonym: förlisning
    De överlevde ett skeppsbrott.
    They survived a shipwreck.
    Vi led skeppsbrott.
    We were shipwrecked.
    (literally, “We suffered shipwreck.”)

Declension

Declension of skeppsbrott
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skeppsbrott skeppsbrotts
definite skeppsbrottet skeppsbrottets
plural indefinite skeppsbrott skeppsbrotts
definite skeppsbrotten skeppsbrottens

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