dödvikt

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Swedish

Etymology

Calque of English dead weight. By surface analysis, död +‎ vikt.

Noun

dödvikt c (uncountable)

  1. dead weight (weight in cargo and fuel with which a ship can be loaded)

Declension

Declension of dödvikt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dödvikt dödvikts
definite dödvikten dödviktens
plural indefinite
definite

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