vittring

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Witterung, from wittern, from Middle High German weter (weather). By surface analysis, vittra + -ing. Doublet of väder.

Noun

vittring c

  1. a scent left by an animal (through which it can be traced, also figuratively of for example having a lead on someone or being close to achieving something)
    Hundarna har fått vittring på björnen
    The dogs have picked up the scent of the bear
    FBI fick vittring på honom i Istanbul
    The FBI picked up his scent in Istanbul
    De känner vittring på 2-0
    They can smell 2-0 (feel close to scoring 2-0)
  2. (geology) weathering (breakdown through mechanical or chemical processes)
    Synonym: förvittring

Usage notes

Most commonly as "få (upp) vittring på" (to pick up the scent of, optionally with "upp" with no difference in meaning) and "ha vittring på" (to have picked up the scent of) in (sense 1).

Declension

Declension of vittring 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vittring vittringen vittringar vittringarna
Genitive vittrings vittringens vittringars vittringarnas

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