kungstanke

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Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, kung +‎ -s- +‎ tanke. Possibly borrowed from Danish kongstanke, originally from the 1863 play The Pretenders by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. First attested in 1905.

Noun

kungstanke c

  1. basic idea; principal notion of how something should be
    Synonym: grundtanke
    • 1975, Sten Lindroth, Svensk lärdomshistoria, II. Stormaktstiden, page 542:
      Vad Polhem i sina drömmar skådade och i sina skrifter predikade var ett industrialiserat Sverige, rikt och lyckligt av blomstrande fabriker, där landets råvaror förädlades. Det var den utilistiska frihetstidens kungstanke – när den blommade som skönast, publicerades betecknande nog Polhems postuma Patriotiska testamente (1761), i själva verket en liten handbok i järn- och stålförädling.
      What Polhem envisioned in his dreams and preached in his writings was an industrialized Sweden, rich and happy with flourishing factories, where the country's resources were refined. It was the utilitarian core idea of the Age of Liberty – at its peak, fittingly, Polhem's posthumous Patriotic Testament (1761) was published, actually a small handbook on iron and steel refinement.
    • 2017 March 19, Johanna Lemström, “Gittas tomater på god väg ["Gitte's tomatoes are on a good path."]”, in Västra Nyland:
      – Jag odlar på odlingslotter vid Novia i stället. Både grönsaker och blommor, säger hon.
      Det blir en hel del sorter, men Gittas kungstanke är att satsa på sådant hon gärna äter. Så det blir potatis, jordärtskockor, morötter, rödbetor, bönor, pumpor, gurkor, jordgubbar, tomater …
      –I cultivate on allotment plots at Novia instead. Both vegetables and flowers, she says.
      There are quite a few varieties, but Gitte's main idea is to focus on things she enjoys eating. So, there will be potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, carrots, beets, beans, pumpkins, cucumbers, strawberries, tomatoes...

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