Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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svinn n (definite singular svinnet, indefinite plural svinn, definite plural svinna)

  1. wastage, waste (e.g. products from a shop thrown away because of expiring dato)

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Old Norse

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Adjective

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svinn

  1. inflection of sviðr:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Swedish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from svinna.

Noun

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svinn n

  1. wastage, waste, loss, shrinkage (of some goods or resource, due to leakage, process inefficiencies, theft, or other things)
    Lite svinn får man räkna med
    You have to expect some wastage
    matsvinn
    wasted food

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