sötvatten

Swedish

Etymology

söt (“sweet”) +‎ vatten (“water”). Probably a calque of Latin aqua dulcis. For more examples of the typology, see English sweet water.

Noun

sötvatten n (uncountable)

  1. fresh water
    Synonym: (less common) färskvatten

Declension

Declension of sötvatten
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sötvatten sötvattens
definite sötvattnet sötvattnets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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References

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