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Translate famine from English to Swedish

Summary

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famine:
- hungersnöd; knapphet; brist; avsaknad
Wiktionary:
- famine → svält, hungersnöd
- famine → dyrtid, hungersnöd, svält

English

Detailed Translations for famine from English to Swedish

famine:

famine [the ~] nom

the famine
hungersnöd
- hungersnöd [-en] nom
the famine (scarcity; shortage; tightness; scantiness; paucity; needyness)
knapphet; brist; avsaknad
- knapphet [-en] nom
- brist [-en] nom
- avsaknad [-en] nom

Translation Matrix for famine:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
avsaknad	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	deficiency; lack; want
brist	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	absence; ailment; deficiency; destitution; failing; flaw; imperfection; infirmity; insolvency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; stockout; want
hungersnöd	famine
knapphet	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
-	dearth; shortage

Related Words for "famine":

famines

Synonyms for "famine":

dearth; shortage; lack; deficiency; want
calamity; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy; cataclysm

Related Definitions for "famine":

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death¹
an acute insufficiency¹

Wiktionary Translations for famine:

famine

noun

a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
- famine → svält
extreme shortage of food in a region
- famine → hungersnöd

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• famine	→ dyrtid	↔ hongersnood — een wijdverspreide honger als gevolg van voedselschaarste
• famine	→ hungersnöd	↔ Hungersnot — so großer Mangel an Nahrungsmitteln in einer bestimmten Region, dass viele Menschen dort unterernährt sind oder sogar verhungern
• famine	→ hungersnöd; svält	↔ famine — (histoire)

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