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Swedish
Etymology
From över- + gång, like German Übergang.
Noun
övergång c
- a transition (from one state to another, in music, in chemistry, in linguistics)
- 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
- a pedestrian bridge (e.g. over railway tracks)
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