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Swedish
Etymology
bekant (“acquaintance”) + -skap (“-ship”)
Noun
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- (uncountable) acquaintance (knowledge of and/or (casual) social contact with a person or thing)
stifta bekantskap med någon/något- get/become acquainted with someone/something (literally "establish acquaintance," idiomatic)
Deras var en ytlig bekantskap- Theirs was a casual acquaintance
- (countable) an acquaintance (person or thing one has knowledge of and/or (casual) social contact with)
Hon är en trevlig bekantskap- She's a nice acquaintance
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