fördärv

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish fordærf. === Noun === fördärv n (often hyperbolic and abstract, sometimes moral) destruction (or something that causes it) ruin, undoing, perdition, etc. (higher register, as a personal characteristic or the like) depravity, corruption (state of being ruined, etc.) (religion) perdition, eternal damnation, hell ==== Usage notes ==== Often as "leda/störta i fördärvet" (lead/plunge into [the] ruin). Often with various intensifiers, like "leda rakt i (straight into) / ner i (down into) / rakt ner i (straight down into) fördärvet." ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== fördärva fördärvlig === References === “fördärv”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fördärv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)