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nyårslöfte

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From nyår (“New Year”) +‎ -s- +‎ löfte (“promise”). Attested since 1941.[1] Earlier terms in the 1920s and 1930s include beslut and föresats.[2]

Noun

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nyårslöfte n

  1. a New Year's resolution

Declension

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Declension of nyårslöfte
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nyårslöfte nyårslöftes
definite nyårslöftet nyårslöftets
plural indefinite nyårslöften nyårslöftens
definite nyårslöftena nyårslöftenas

References

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  1. ^ Utrikes händelserna, Svenska Dagbladets årsbok 1941.
  2. ^ Nyårslöften har inte hållits länge, by Bengt af Klintberg in Svenska Dagbladet, December 31, 2011.
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