Meaning of vintergata | Babel Free
Definitioner
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a galaxy (not necessarily our own) common-gender
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any street or way as they are during winter common-gender
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a winter road; a road only accessible during winter common-gender
Exempel
“En typisk Londonhöstkväll med gul, halftjock dimma och de elektriska lyktorna som en vintergata af talgdankar längs husraderna.”
A typical London autumn evening with yellow, half-thick fog and the electric lanterns like a galaxy of tallow tanks along the rows of houses.
“[…] om universum ingenting annat vore än ett självuppdragande urverk och livet en biologisk tillfällighet i ett planetsystem i utkanten på en vintergata i utkanten på en ännu större vintergata.”
[…] if the universe were nothing more than a self-winding clockwork and life a biological coincidence in a planetary system on the edge of a galaxy on the edge of an even larger galaxy.
“Coordinate term: stjärnsystem (“stellar system”)”
“Midt öfver djupet, mellan de skuggande skogarnes speglade, mörka trän drager en vintergata af duggande månsken rakt öfver vattnet hän.”
Across the depth, between the shady forests mirrored, dark trees a winter street of dripping moonlight stretches across the water hence.
“[…] men utbröt nu istället slag i slag en ny samhällsolycka i form av plötsligt höggradig frost, förvandlande hela stadsplanen till en enda vintergata, halare än i någons mannaminne […]”
[…] but now, instead, hand-in-hand, a new danger to society broke out in the form of a sudden high-grade frost, transforming the entire city plan into a single winter street, slippery than in anyone's memory […]
“Coordinate term: vinterväg (“wintery road”)”
“Institute for Language and Folklore (4 December 2013), “Vintergatan och andra vintervägar”, in Namnbloggen (in Swedish): “De färdleder över frusna vatten och sankmarker som bara kunde nyttjas under vintern kallades vintervägar eller vintergator.”
The routes over frozen waters and marshes that could only be used during the winter were called winter roads or winter streets.”
CEFR-nivå
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.