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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ælænde, answering to Danish elende; from Middle Low German elende, ellende, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *land (“land”).
Noun
elände n
- misery
1982, “Banankontakt av tredje graden [Banana encounter of the third kind ]”, Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music)performed by Electric Banana Band:Och dörren öppnas på raketen. Banankommandot kommer ut. "Nu sköter vi den här planeten, så eländet kan få ett slut."- And the door opens on the rocket. The banana high command comes out. "Now we are running this planet, so that the misery can come to an end."
- something that causes misery or is miserable
Den är maläten. Kasta eländet.- It's moth-eaten. Throw the wretched thing away.
Nu är fåglarna och äter i jordgubbslandet igen. Stick härifrån, era eländen!- Now the birds are eating in the strawberry patch again. Get out of here, you wretches!
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