almsjuka

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Swedish

An affected elm, with characteristic leaf shedding.

Etymology

Compound of alm (“elm”) +‎ sjuka (“disease”). First attested in 1956[1].

Noun

almsjuka c

  1. Dutch elm disease
    • 1950 September 5, Svenska Dagbladet, page 7:
      I våras fann man så almsjuka på ett gammalt träd vid Veterinärhögskolan […]
      This spring, Dutch elm disease was found in an old tree at the Veterinary College
    • 1961 July 8, Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, page 2:
      Skulle det vara almsjuka innebär det katastrof för stadens parker.
      If it is Dutch elm disease, it would mean disaster for the city's parks.
    • 2023 November 24, Anna Asker, “Ödesdiger miss 1979: ”Hade en chans"”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
      Almsjukan är allmänt spridd och överallt på fastlandet dör almen undan. […] Jag tror att alla stora almar vi har idag förr eller senare kommer att dö av almsjuka och inte av ålder.
      Dutch elm disease is widespread, and everywhere on the mainland, elms are dying off. I believe that all the large elms we have today will sooner or later die from Dutch elm disease, not from old age.

Declension

Declension of almsjuka
nominative genitive
singular indefinite almsjuka almsjukas
definite almsjukan almsjukans
plural indefinite almsjukor almsjukors
definite almsjukorna almsjukornas

References

  1. ^ almsjuka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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