särskrivning

Swedish
Sign which says rök fritt (”smoke freely”) instead of rökfritt (“smoke-free”).

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sär- (“apart, separate”) +‎ skrivning (“writing”). Compare Danish særskrivning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²sɛːrˌskriːvnɪŋ/

Noun
Examples
  • fel meddelande (“wrong message”) instead of felmeddelande (“error message”)
  • brun hårig (“brown and hairy”) instead of brunhårig (“with brown hair”)
  • kassa medarbetare (“substandard coworkers”) instead of kassamedarbetare (“cashier coworker”)

särskrivning c

  1. (orthography) writing as separate words; where two words are written with a space in between them, especially if the words should be put together as a compound word.

Declension
Declension of särskrivning 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative särskrivning särskrivningen särskrivningar särskrivningarna
Genitive särskrivnings särskrivningens särskrivningars särskrivningarnas

Antonyms
  • hopskrivning

See also
  • Appendix:Terms with no English equivalent/writing as separate words

References
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