mardröm
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Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
mardröm c
- a nightmare (distressing, often frightening dream)
- drömma mardrömmar om att bli jagad av ett läskigt monster
- have nightmares of being chased by a scary monster
- Hon har haft mardrömmar varje natt i en månad
- She has had nightmares every night for a month
- (figuratively) a nightmare (very bad situation or experience)
- Vilken mardröm!
- What a nightmare!
Usage notes
Both "dream a nightmare" and "have a nightmare" are idiomatic in Swedish, emphasizing either the dreaming or the having.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | mardröm | mardröms |
| definite | mardrömmen | mardrömmens | |
| plural | indefinite | mardrömmar | mardrömmars |
| definite | mardrömmarna | mardrömmarnas |
Derived terms
References
- mardröm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mardröm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mardröm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)