förakt

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See also: forakt

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German voracht, from Old Saxon, from Proto-West Germanic *firiahtu, from *firi- (across, through) +‎ *ahtu (attention, consideration). Cognate with German Verachtung.

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Noun

förakt n (uncountable)

  1. contempt

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