överrock
Swedish
Noun
överrock c
- overcoat (piece of clothing)
- Synonym: ytterrock
- (figurative, sports) controlling person
- han gjorde mål fastän han hade en överrock
- he scored despite being subject to a controlling player
- (literally, “he made a goal despite having an overcoat”)
- (figurative, politics) control
- regimen satte en överrock på tidningen
- the regime subjected the newspaper to controls
- (literally, “the regime put an overcoat on the newspaper”)
Declension
Declension of överrock | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | överrock | överrocken | överrockar | överrockarna |
Genitive | överrocks | överrockens | överrockars | överrockarnas |
References
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