tvätt

See also: tvått

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz. Related to två.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

tvätt c

  1. laundry (dirty clothes)
  2. a wash (the act of washing)

Declension

Declension of tvätt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tvätt tvätten tvättar tvättarna
Genitive tvätts tvättens tvättars tvättarnas

Derived terms

References

  • tvätt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

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