särskrivning

särskrivning

Swedish

Sign which says rök fritt (”smoke freely”) instead of rökfritt (“smoke-free”).

Alternative forms

• (jocular) sär skrivning

Etymology

From sär- (“apart, separate”) +‎ skrivning (“writing”). Compare Danish særskrivning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɛːrˌskriːvnɪŋ/

Noun

Examples
fel meddelande (“wrong message”) instead of felmeddelande (“error message”) brun hårig (“brown and hairy”) instead of brunhårig (“with brown hair”) kassa medarbetare (“substandard coworkers”) instead of kassamedarbetare (“cashier coworker”)

särskrivning c

1. (orthography) writing as separate words; where two words are written with a space in between them, especially if the words should be put together as a compound word.

Declension

Declension of särskrivning
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	särskrivning	särskrivningen	särskrivningar	särskrivningarna
Genitive	särskrivnings	särskrivningens	särskrivningars	särskrivningarnas

Antonyms

• hopskrivning

Related terms

• särskriva

See also

• Appendix:Terms with no English equivalent/writing as separate words

References

• särskriva in Svensk ordbok (SO)