förlust

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Swedish

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Noun

förlust c

  1. a loss (being defeated)
    en svidande förlust för hemmalaget
    a stinging loss for the home team
  2. a loss (involuntary losing possession of something concrete or abstract)
    1. a loss (economic deficit)
      Företaget går med förlust
      The company is making a loss (is not profitable)
      en förlustaffär
      a deal in which one makes a loss (also sometimes more abstractly)
  3. a loss (of a person or the like, through them dying or otherwise)
    Hans död är en stor förlust för vetenskapen
    His death is a great loss to science
    Det är en stor förlust för laget att han går över till Rögle BK
    It is a great loss to the team that he's transferring to Rögle BK

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For misplacing things, see also tappa bort, slarva bort, and förlägga.

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