tankesmedja

Swedish
FWOTD – 27 April 2021

Etymology

Compound of tanke (“thought”) +‎ smedja (“smithy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²taŋkɛˌsmeːdja/

Noun

tankesmedja c

  1. think tank
    • 2012, Johan Strang, Nordiska Gemenskaper: En vision för samarbetet, Norden (Nordic Council of Ministers, publ.), page 77.
      Den viktigaste uppgiften för tankesmedjan skulle vara att skapa förutsättningar för en kontinuerlig politisk debatt om Norden utanför Nordiska rådet.
      The most important task for the think tank would be to create preconditions for a continuous political debate about the North outside of the Nordic Council.
    en oberoende tankesmedja ― an independent think tank

Declension
Declension of tankesmedja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tankesmedja tankesmedjan tankesmedjor tankesmedjorna
Genitive tankesmedjas tankesmedjans tankesmedjors tankesmedjornas

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