bruksmiljö

Swedish

Etymology

bruk (“mill, works”) +‎ -s- +‎ miljö (“environment, surroundings”)

Noun

bruksmiljö c

  1. (typical) surroundings of (the older parts of) a (Swedish) mill town (bruksort) (including the (old) mill or works itself, workers' housing, often one or more manors, and often scenic natural surroundings); (old) mill environment/setting/surroundings, etc.
    en restaurang i vacker bruksmiljö
    a restaurant in a beautiful (old) mill (town) setting
    guidad vandring i gammal bruksmiljö
    a guided walk in the surroundings of an old mill (town)

Usage notes

Often with picturesque connotations.

Declension
Declension of bruksmiljö 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bruksmiljö bruksmiljön bruksmiljöer bruksmiljöerna
Genitive bruksmiljös bruksmiljöns bruksmiljöers bruksmiljöernas

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