änkestöt

== Swedish == === Etymology === Original derived from änkemansstöt; änkeman (“widower”) + stöt (“thrust, blow, strike”). According to Nationalencyklopedins ordbok the word is the result of a contraction influenced by the idiom änkemanssorg och armbågestöt går snart över (free translation: "a widowers grief and a blow to the elbow are soon forgotten"). Attested since 1923. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛŋkeˌstøːt/ === Noun === änkestöt c A strike to the funny bone. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== tjuvsena === Further reading === “änkestöt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)