hembränd
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hem (“home”) + the past participle of bränna (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hembränd (comparative mer hembränd, superlative mest hembränd)
- (of alcohol) which has been illegally and privately produced
- 2007, “Fyra förgiftade av hembränt”, in Svenska Dagbladet[1]:
- Polisen tror att männen kan ha blivit förgiftade av hembränd sprit.
- The police think the men could have been poisoned by home distilled alcohol.
Usage notes
[edit]The neuter hembränt is often used as an indeclinable noun, e.g.
- 2003, “Alkohol i hemmet gör att unga dricker mer”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
- Det är en myt att man lär sina barn att dricka med måtta och undvika hembränt om man bjuder dem eller köper ut.
- It’s a myth that you teach your children to drink in moderation and avoid moonshine if you treat them to alcohol or buy it for them.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of hembränd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hembränd | mer hembränd | mest hembränd |
| Neuter singular | hembränt | mer hembränt | mest hembränt |
| Plural | hembrända | mer hembrända | mest hembrända |
| Masculine plural3 | hembrände | mer hembrända | mest hembrända |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hembrände | mer hembrände | mest hembrände |
| All | hembrända | mer hembrända | mest hembrända |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||