skallgång

Swedish

Etymology

From skall (“bark”) +‎ gång (“walk, going”). Originally of driving hunted animals.

Noun

skallgång c

  1. a thorough search of an area (especially for a missing person) by people walking in a line, like a search party
    De ska gå skallgång
    They're going to organize a search party

Declension
Declension of skallgång 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skallgång skallgången skallgångar skallgångarna
Genitive skallgångs skallgångens skallgångars skallgångarnas

Derived terms
  • skallgångskedja (the line of people)

References
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