genomsnitt

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German Durchschnitt, from durch + Schnitt, equivalent to genom (“through”) +‎ snitt (“cut”). Cognate with Danish gennemsnit, Norwegian Bokmål gjennomsnitt and Norwegian Nynorsk gjennomsnitt.

Noun

genomsnitt n

average

Declension

Declension of genomsnitt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	genomsnitt	genomsnittet	genomsnitt	genomsnitten
Genitive	genomsnitts	genomsnittets	genomsnitts	genomsnittens

References

genomsnitt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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