övergång

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See also: overgang

Swedish

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Etymology

From över- +‎ gång, like German Übergang.

Noun

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  1. a transition (from one state to another, in music, in chemistry, in linguistics)
  2. a passage (walking across something, e.g. a river)
    I Sveriges krigshistoria märkas bland flodöfvergångar Gustaf II Adolfs öfvergång af Lech vid Oberndorf 1631, Karl X:s öfvergång af San vid Sandomierz 1656
    Among river passages in Sweden's military history are known Gustavus Adolphus' passage of Lech at Oberndorf in 1631, Charles X's passage of San at Sandomierz in 1656
  3. a pedestrian bridge (e.g. over railway tracks)

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