mardröm

Swedish

Etymology

mara +‎ dröm

Pronunciation

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Noun

mardröm c

1. a nightmare (distressing, often frightening dream)

   drömma mardrömmar om att bli jagad av ett läskigt monster

   have nightmares of being chased by a scary monster

   Hon har haft mardrömmar varje natt i en månad

   She has had nightmares every night for a month

2. (figuratively) a nightmare (very bad situation or experience)

   Vilken mardröm!

   What a nightmare!

Usage notes

Both "dream [drömma] a nightmare" and "have [ha] a nightmare" are idiomatic in Swedish, emphasizing either the dreaming or the having.

Declension

Declension of mardröm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mardröm	mardröms
	definite	mardrömmen	mardrömmens
plural	indefinite	mardrömmar	mardrömmars
	definite	mardrömmarna	mardrömmarnas

Derived terms

• mardrömsaktig
• mardrömslik

References

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

Anagrams

• drömmar