evighetsmaskin

Swedish

Etymology

evighet (eternity) + -s- + maskin (machine)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²eːvɪ(ɡ)heːtsmaˌɧiːn/
  • Hyphenation: e‧vig‧het‧s‧ma‧skin

Noun

evighetsmaskin c

  1. perpetual motion machine
    Synonym: perpetuum mobile
  2. (figuratively, especially sports) person or animal that is seemingly impossible to tire out
    • 2015 January 3, “Harry Haythrow - en evighetsmaskin [Harry Haythrow - a perpetual motion machine]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
      En härlig häst och en evighetsmaskin, berömde [Peter] Untersteiner.
      A great horse and an endless runner, [Peter] Untersteiner said in praise.
    • 2018 May 28, Sebastian Backman, “Friidrottens evighetsmaskin orkar fortfarande: ”Ser mig som en försökskanin” [The perpetual motion machine of athletics is still kicking: "[I] view myself as a guinea pig"]”, in Hufvudstadsbladet:

Declension

Declension of evighetsmaskin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative evighetsmaskin evighetsmaskinen evighetsmaskiner evighetsmaskinerna
Genitive evighetsmaskins evighetsmaskinens evighetsmaskiners evighetsmaskinernas

References

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