sprängstoff

Swedish

Etymology

spränga (“blow up”) +‎ stoff (“material”)

Noun

sprängstoff n

  1. explosive material
  2. (figuratively) dynamite (something with (the potential to have) a big impact)
    De granskande journalisterna insåg att de satt på sprängstoff
    The investigative journalists realized they were sitting on dynamite

Declension
Declension of sprängstoff 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sprängstoff sprängstoffet — —
Genitive sprängstoffs sprängstoffets — —

References
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