anspråk

From Middle Low German ansprake (“address; polite and formal approach”), related to German Ansprache, equivalent to an- +‎ språk. Compare Danish ansprog, Dutch aanspraak, German Anspruch.

• IPA^(key): /²anˌsproːk/

• Audio:

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anspråk n

1. a claim (laying claim to, for example ownership, authorship, a right, or a title)

   De gör anspråk på marken

   They claim the land

2. (figuratively, in some expressions) to take up, to use up, "to lay claim to"

   ta någons tid i anspråk

   take up someone's time ("lay claim to someone's time")

   Arbetet tog alla hans krafter i anspråk

   The work used up all his strength ("laid claim to all his strength")

• For the verb form lay claim to / claim, use göra anspråk på, see göra anspråk på.
• For the verb form harness (put to use), use ta i anspråk, see ta i anspråk.

• anspråksfull
• anspråksfullhet
• anspråkslös
• anspråkslöshet

• anspråk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anspråk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• anspråk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)