flinga

Swedish

Noun

flinga c

1. a flake (thin piece)
   1. (usually in the plural) a flake of cereal, commonly a cornflake

      Synonyms: (cornflake) majsflinga, (cornflake) cornflakes

      Jag brukar äta flingor till frukost

      I usually have cornflakes for breakfast

      1. (usually in the plural) synonym of frukostflinga (chiefly when a flake)

Declension

Declension of flinga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flinga	flingas
	definite	flingan	flingans
plural	indefinite	flingor	flingors
	definite	flingorna	flingornas

Derived terms

• frukostflinga (“breakfast cereal”)
• snöflinga (“snowflake”)

See also

• cornflakes
• fjäll (“a scale”)
• flaga (more common for skin and paint)

References

• flinga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flinga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)