avskrap

Swedish

Etymology

av (“off”) +‎ skrap (“"scrape", scrapings, scraps”)

Noun

avskrap n

  1. scrapings, scraps (waste material, from scraping, or more generally)
  2. (figuratively) scum, dregs, offscourings (contemptible or worthless people)
    Hon är avskrap
    She is scum
    samhällets avskrap
    the dregs / offscourings of society
  3. (figuratively) trash, garbage, refuse (the worst of something)
  4. scrapings (scraped-off material, for example deposited onto something)

Declension

Declension of avskrap
nominative genitive
singular indefinite avskrap avskraps
definite avskrapet avskrapets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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