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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fordærf.
Noun
fördärv n
- (often hyperbolic and abstract, sometimes moral) destruction (or something that causes it)
Sirenerna lockar sjömän i fördärvet med sin sång- The sirens lure sailors to destruction with their song (concrete, fairly literary)
- ruin, undoing, perdition, etc.
Kom igen, Nisse. En öl kommer inte leda dig i fördärvet.- Come on, Nisse. One beer will not lead you to ruin.
Militärjuntan störtade landet i fördärvet- The military junta plunged the country into ruin
Girigheten blev hennes fördärv- greed became her undoing
- (higher register, as a personal characteristic or the like) depravity, corruption (state of being ruined, etc.)
- (religion) perdition, eternal damnation, hell
Usage notes
- Often as "leda/störta i fördärvet" (lead/plunge into ruin).
- Often with various intensifiers, like "leda rakt i (straight into) / ner i (down into) / rakt ner i (straight down into) fördärvet."
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