undergång

== Swedish == === Etymology === under +‎ gång, like German Untergang === Pronunciation === === Noun === undergång c the end (usually of something larger, more complex, and more abstract, through being destroyed or the like); destruction, doom, ruin, etc., (of a society or the like) downfall an underpass (a tunnel for pedestrians under a street or railway) ==== Usage notes ==== Something meeting its end, with a fairly dramatic-sounding word. Has many different possible translations depending on context. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== undergångsstämning (“a sense of doom (like something is about to be destroyed or the like)”) ==== Related terms ==== gå under ==== See also ==== vägport (“road underpass”) === References === “undergång”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “undergång”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “undergång”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)