förakt

See also: forakt

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German voracht, from Old Saxon, from Proto-West Germanic *firiahtu, from *firi- (“across, through”) +‎ *ahtu (“attention, consideration”). Cognate with German Verachtung.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Gotland); “ett förakt”:(file)
  • Rhymes: -akt

Noun

förakt n (uncountable)

  1. contempt

Declension

Declension of förakt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite förakt förakts
definite föraktet föraktets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Further reading

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