nödraket

== Swedish == === Etymology === From nöd (“distress”) +‎ raket (“rocket”). === Noun === nödraket c a flare used to signal distress, usually at sea and shining red (slang, chiefly in the plural) a can or bottle of beer bought at a regular store, in Sweden by law allowed to contain up to 3.5% alcohol by volume, as a substitute after failing to get stronger alcohol at the government-owned liquor store chain Systembolaget (e.g. having missed its opening hours) ==== Declension ==== === See also === folköl (“beer with an alcohol content between 2.25% and 3.5% by volume”) sjönöd === References === nödraket in Svensk ordbok (SO) Slangopedia