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slöjd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
slo-jd
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish slöjd (“sleight of hand, skilled or crafty”), from Old Swedish sløghþ, from Old Norse slœgð, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sleight and sly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: slöjd, sløghþ, slœgð, *slōgiþō

Usage

Inflected Forms

slojd (alternative) sloyd (alternative)

Questions

What does slöjd mean?
A system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.
Where does slöjd come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

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