elände

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish ælænde, answering to Danish elende; from Middle Low German elende, ellende, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *land (“land”). === Noun === elände n misery something that causes misery or is miserable ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eländig ==== See also ==== jämmer === References === “elände”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “elände”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “elände”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)