skjuts

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːts

Noun

skjuts c

  1. a ride, a lift ((free) transportation somewhere, in someone else's car, boat, or the like)
    ge någon skjuts någonstans
    give someone a ride somewhere
    Tack för skjutsen!
    Thanks for the ride!
  2. a boost (in speed)
    Vinden gav båten en skjuts
    The wind boosted the boat
  3. (figuratively) a boost (more generally, for example a career boost)
    Karriären fick sig en skjuts efter dokusåpadeltagandet
    Her career received a boost after she participated in the reality show
  4. (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn carriage with a coachman (for transporting people)

Declension

Declension of skjuts 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skjuts skjutsen skjutsar skjutsarna
Genitive skjuts skjutsens skjutsars skjutsarnas

Derived terms

See also

Verb

skjuts

  1. present tense passive of skjuta.

References

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