nyårslöfte

Swedish

Etymology

From nyår (“New Year”) +‎ -s- +‎ löfte (“promise”). Attested since 1941.[1] Earlier terms in the 1920s and 1930s include beslut and föresats.[2]

Noun

nyårslöfte n

  1. a New Year's resolution

Declension
Declension of nyårslöfte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nyårslöfte nyårslöftet nyårslöften nyårslöftena
Genitive nyårslöftes nyårslöftets nyårslöftens nyårslöftenas

References
  1. Utrikes händelserna, Svenska Dagbladets årsbok 1941.
  2. Nyårslöften har inte hållits länge, by Bengt af Klintberg in Svenska Dagbladet, December 31, 2011.
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