krutdurk

Swedish

Etymology

krut (“gunpowder”) +‎ durk (“storage room at the bottom of a ship”)

Noun

krutdurk c

1. powder keg, tinderbox, flash point

Usage notes

During the 18th century used literally (in the sense of storage room for gunpowder), by the 20th century mostly figuratively (in the sense of an explosive situation).

Declension

Declension of krutdurk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	krutdurk	krutdurken	krutdurkar	krutdurkarna
Genitive	krutdurks	krutdurkens	krutdurkars	krutdurkarnas

References

• krutdurk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krutdurk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krutdurk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)