tvätt

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz. Related to två.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tvätt c

  1. laundry (clothes and linen to be washed or newly washed)
    smutstvätt
    dirty laundry
    hämta tvätten
    pick up the laundry
    en tvättkorg
    a laundry basket
  2. washing (act of washing)
    tvätt av kläder
    washing of clothes
  3. laundering (of money)
    penningtvätt
    money laundering

Declension

Declension of tvätt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tvätt tvätts
definite tvätten tvättens
plural indefinite tvättar tvättars
definite tvättarna tvättarnas

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