väderkvarn

Swedish

Etymology

From väder (“weather, (dated) wind”) +‎ kvarn (“mill”).

Noun

väderkvarn c

a windmill (harnessing wind power)
Synonym: (regional, Southern) vindmölla

Declension

Declension of väderkvarn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	väderkvarn	väderkvarnen	väderkvarnar	väderkvarnarna
Genitive	väderkvarns	väderkvarnens	väderkvarnars	väderkvarnarnas

Derived terms

slåss mot väderkvarnar (“tilt at windmills”)

References

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