skjuts

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉːts

Noun

skjuts c

1. a ride, a lift ((free) transportation somewhere, in someone's car, boat, or the like)

   ge någon skjuts någonstans

   give someone a ride somewhere

   Tack för skjutsen!

   Thanks for the ride!

2. a boost (in speed)

   Vinden gav båten en skjuts

   The wind boosted the boat ("gave the boat a boost")

   Båten fick sig en skjuts av vinden

   The boat was boosted by the wind ("got itself a boost from the wind")

3. (figuratively) a boost (more generally, for example a career boost)

   Karriären fick sig en skjuts efter dokusåpadeltagandet

   Her career received a boost after she participated in the reality show

4. (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn carriage with a coachman (for transporting people)

Declension

Declension of skjuts

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skjuts	skjuts
	definite	skjutsen	skjutsens
plural	indefinite	skjutsar	skjutsars
	definite	skjutsarna	skjutsarnas

Derived terms

• skolskjuts

Related terms

• skjutsa

See also

• lift
• släppa av (“drop off”)

Verb

skjuts

1. present passive of skjuta

References

• skjuts in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skjuts in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skjuts in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)