förhuggning

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Swedish

förhuggning

Etymology

förhugga +‎ -ning, used in Swedish since 1761, likely inspired by German Verhau.

The verb förhugga (obsolete, never listed in SAOL) is known from Old Swedish forhugga, from Middle Low German vorhouwen, cognate with German verhauen.

Noun

förhuggning c

  1. (military) an abatis, a defense obstacle made by felling trees in a mesh

Declension

Declension of förhuggning
nominative genitive
singular indefinite förhuggning förhuggnings
definite förhuggningen förhuggningens
plural indefinite förhuggningar förhuggningars
definite förhuggningarna förhuggningarnas

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