tvärstup

Swedish

Etymology

From tvär +‎ stup. See also tvärt. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk tverrstup.

Noun

tvärstup n

  1. a sheer drop-off, a sheer precipice ((nearly) vertical precipice (emphasizing steepness or an imposing drop and sometimes the "suddenness" of the downward change of direction))
    När de sprang från monstret kom de till ett tvärstup
    As they ran from the monster, they came to a sheer drop-off

Declension
Declension of tvärstup 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tvärstup tvärstupet tvärstup tvärstupen
Genitive tvärstups tvärstupets tvärstups tvärstupens

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