drös

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See also: dros, DROs, and Drós

Swedish

Etymology

From the verb drösa.

Pronunciation

Noun

drös c

  1. (somewhat colloquial) a bunch, a slew, a host (large unordered collection (of something))
    Det låg en drös med papper på bordet
    There was a messy pile of papers on the table
    En drös artister uppträder på festivalen
    A slew of artists will perform at the festival
    • 1850, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, “Det går an [It works]”, in Törnrosens bok Imperial Octav Upplaga , page 74:
      Ja, det kan jag väl säga, ehuru det låter barnsligt. Jag tycker det är tråkigt, att åka på bondkärra och hafva en drös vid sidan.
      Yes, I can say that, although it sounds childish. I think it is boring, to ride on a farm cart and have a heap on the side.
    • 2023 January 3, Natalie Radlovacki, “Kapitoliumstormningens bevissamling ute på databas [Capitol storming evidence collection out on database]”, in SVT Nyheter:
      Den utvalda kommittén som behandlar den rättsliga processen kring stormningen av den amerikanska kongressen den 6 januari 2021 har lagt ut en drös bevismaterial från fallet på en ny databas, []
      The select committee dealing with the judicial process surrounding the storming of the US Congress on January 6, 2021 has put a trove of evidence from the case into a new database,

Declension

Declension of drös
nominative genitive
singular indefinite drös drös
definite drösen drösens
plural indefinite drösar drösars
definite drösarna drösarnas

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