lungpest

Swedish

Etymology

lunga (“lung”) +‎ pest (“plague”)

Noun

lungpest c

  1. (uncountable) pneumonic plague
    • 2019 November 14, “Två döda i lungpest i Kina [Two dead of pneumonic plague in China]”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎, Stockholm, Sweden:
      Två personer i Peking har i veckan avlidit i ett utbrott av lungpest, uppger kinesiska hälsovårdsmyndigheter.
      Two people in Beijing have died of pneumonic plague this week, Chinese healthcare authorities state.

Declension
Declension of lungpest 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative lungpest lungpesten — —
Genitive lungpests lungpestens — —
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