Meaning of ättestupa | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. a high steep inland cliff from which the elderly in Nordic antiquity were said to have thrown themselves, or been thrown, to their deaths in order not to be a burden to their relatives
   common-gender
2. inadequate social safety net for pensioners
   common-gender, figuratively

Exempel

“Coordinate term: ätteklubba”

“Det är betydligt högt och på ena sidan lodrätt som en ättestupa.”

It is significantly high and on one side vertical like a precipice.

“Med återkommande pandemier, digitaliseringshysteri, ensamhet med utfrysningen från samhällets sida blir dessa tre punkter sammantaget vår nya ättestupa.”

With recurring pandemics, digitalisation hysteria, loneliness with the expulsion from society, these three points together become our new ättestupa.

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