Noun: evighetsmaskin
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | evighetsmaskin |
| Sg. Def. | evighetsmaskinen |
| Pl. Indef. | evighetsmaskiner |
| Pl. Def. | evighetsmaskinerna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | evighetsmaskins |
| Sg. Def. | evighetsmaskinens |
| Pl. Indef. | evighetsmaskiners |
| Pl. Def. | evighetsmaskinernas |
Sample Sentences
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En härlig häst och en evighetsmaskin, berömde [Peter] Untersteiner. (A great horse and an endless runner, [Peter] Untersteiner said in praise.) [2015 January 3, “Harry Haythrow - en evighetsmaskin [Harry Haythrow - a perpetual motion machine]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:]
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(The perpetual motion machine of athletics is still kicking: "[I] view myself as a guinea pig") [2018 May 28, Sebastian Backman, “Friidrottens evighetsmaskin orkar fortfarande: ”Ser mig som en försökskanin” [The perpetual motion machine of athletics is still kicking: "[I] view myself as a guinea pig"]”, in Hufvudstadsbladet:]
Nouns inflected like evighetsmaskin
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
evighet (“eternity”) + -s- + maskin (“machine”)
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