OriginDeverbal from svinna.
- neuterwastage, waste, loss, shrinkage (of some goods or resource, due to leakage, process inefficiencies, theft, or other things)
“Lite svinn får man räkna med” — You have to expect some wastage
“matsvinn” — wasted food
Formssvinn(indefinite, nominative, singular) · svinns(genitive, indefinite, singular) · svinnet(definite, nominative, singular) · svinnets(definite, genitive, singular) · svinn(indefinite, nominative, plural) · svinns(genitive, indefinite, plural) · svinnen(definite, nominative, plural) · svinnens(definite, genitive, plural)