bekantskap
Swedish
Etymology
bekant (“acquaintance”) + -skap (“-ship”)
Noun
bekantskap c
- (uncountable) acquaintance (knowledge of and/or (casual) social contact with a person or thing)
- stifta bekantskap med någon/något
- get/become acquainted with someone/something (literally "establish acquaintance," idiomatic)
- Deras var en ytlig bekantskap
- Theirs was a casual acquaintance
- (countable) an acquaintance (person or thing one has knowledge of and/or (casual) social contact with)
- Hon är en trevlig bekantskap
- She's a nice acquaintance
Declension
| Declension of bekantskap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bekantskap | bekantskapen | bekantskaper | bekantskaperna |
| Genitive | bekantskaps | bekantskapens | bekantskapers | bekantskapernas |
Derived terms
- bekantskapskrets (“circle of acquaintances”)
See also
- umgänge (more social)
References
- bekantskap in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bekantskap in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bekantskap in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)