avskrap

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Swedish

Etymology

av (off) +‎ skrap ("scrape", scrapings, scraps)

Noun

avskrap n

  1. scrapings, scraps (waste material, from scraping, or more generally)
  2. (figuratively) scum, dregs, offscourings (contemptible or worthless people)
    Hon är avskrap
    She is scum
    samhällets avskrap
    the dregs / offscourings of society
  3. (figuratively) trash, garbage, refuse (the worst of something)
  4. scrapings (scraped-off material, for example deposited onto something)

Declension

Declension of avskrap 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative avskrap avskrapet
Genitive avskraps avskrapets

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