/spriːt/
UrsprungFrom French ésprit (compare English sprite), from Old French esprit, from Latin spiritus (“air, breath”).
- common-gender, uncountableliquor, spirits; booze
“Gyllensten fyller femtio år. Har alltid på spriten varit svår. Så när vi nu på hans bjudning går, så vet vi ju alla vad vi får.” — Gyllensten is turning fifty years old [today]. Has always been keen on the booze. So now when we go to his party [finer private party with invited guests], we all know what we're getting.
“Dricka sprit, och hålla käften. Dricka sprit, och hålla käften. Dricka billig sprit, och hålla käften. Jag vill dit.” — Drinking booze, and shutting up. Drinking booze, and shutting up. Drinking cheap booze, and shutting up. I want to get [to] there [thither].
“Spriten räddade [often clipped to "rädda" in speech] mig från sporten (tra-la ho ho). Spriten räddar folk från sporten, idag.” — Booze saved me from sports ["the sport" – definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts] (tra-la ho ho). Booze saves people from sports, today.
- common-gender, uncountablealcohol in general, chiefly as a solvent
Formersprit(indefinite, nominative, singular) · sprits(genitive, indefinite, singular) · spriten(definite, nominative, singular) · spritens(definite, genitive, singular) · -(indefinite, nominative, plural) · -(genitive, indefinite, plural) · -(definite, nominative, plural) · -(definite, genitive, plural)
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