simmärke

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Swedish

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Simborgarmärket, one of several swimming badges, is awarded to any person who can swim at least 200 metres using any stroke under no time requirement.

Etymology

Compound of sim (“swimming”) +‎ märke (“badge”). First attested in 1933.[1]

Compare with German Schwimmabzeichen.

Noun

simmärke n

  1. A swimming badge; a badge awarded for an accomplishment in swimming.
    Hypernym: idrottsmärke (“sports badge”)
    • 1931 November 24, Dagens Nyheter‎:
      […] frågan om instiftande av ett simmärke upp.
      the question of the establishment of a swimming badge up.
    • 2021 June 9, Bosse Carlqvist, “Åttaårige Theo i Vara tog elitmärket – efter 11 guldmagistern [Eight-year-old Theo in Vara took the elite badge - after 11 gold masters]”, in SVT Nyheter‎:
      Nu har han bara ett mål vad gäller simmärken kvar. […] Theo Larsson med sin imponerande samling av simmärken.
      Now he has only one goal in terms of swimming badges left. Theo Larsson with his impressive collection of swimming badges.

Declension

Declension of simmärke
nominative genitive
singular indefinite simmärke simmärkes
definite simmärket simmärkets
plural indefinite simmärken simmärkens
definite simmärkena simmärkenas

References

  1. ^ simmärke in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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