kölvatten

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Swedish

Etymology

köl +‎ vatten

Noun

kölvatten n

  1. (nautical) wake (path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)
  2. (figurative) wake
    i krisens kölvatten
    in the wake of the crisis

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