syndafall

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish synda fal, equivalent to synd +‎ -a- +‎ fall. === Noun === syndafall n (Christianity) fall of man (the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience) (figuratively) the consequences of doing something strictly forbidden ==== Declension ==== === References === “syndafall”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)