underkant

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See also: underkänt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From under- +‎ kant.

Noun

underkant m (definite singular underkanten, indefinite plural underkanter, definite plural underkantene)

  1. bottom edge, underside
  2. lowest limit, minimum
  3. i underkant av - less than

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From under- +‎ kant.

Noun

underkant m (definite singular underkanten, indefinite plural underkantar, definite plural underkantane)

  1. bottom edge, underside
  2. lowest limit, minimum
  3. i underkant av - less than

References

Swedish

Etymology

under- (“under-”) +‎ kant (“edge”)

Noun

underkant c

  1. a lower edge (of something)
  2. (in "i underkant") on the low side, a bit too low or little
    Synonym: i minsta laget
    Kostnadsuppskattningen är nog lite i underkant
    The cost estimate is probably a bit on the low side

Declension

Declension of underkant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite underkant underkants
definite underkanten underkantens
plural indefinite underkanter underkanters
definite underkanterna underkanternas

Antonyms

References

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