Summary
descent {noun}
börd · sluttning · överfall · härkomst · fall · razzia · nedgång · förnedring · härstamning · nedgående · nedstigande · nedstigning · invasion · nedförsbacke · utförsbacke
English-Swedish translation for "descent"
"descent" Swedish translation
descent {noun}
In my London constituency yesterday British police arrested eight British citizens of Pakistani descent with half a tonne of bomb...
descent {noun} (also: degradation)
descent {noun} (also: stock)
... and descent.
descent {noun}
descent {noun}
The Zimbabwean government, which could have reasonably avoided this crisis, is therefore clearly responsible for this dramatic descent into...
descent {noun}
descent {noun}
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "descent":
© Princeton Universityorigin · extraction · declivity · fall · decline · declination · declension · downslope · line of descent · lineage · filiation
Usage examples
Usage examples for "descent" in Swedish
‘ Early Germanisation’ and ‘ children of German descent ’ were phrases used in Nuremberg by criminals charged with the Germanisation of Polish children.
It is also the beginning of our descent down the slippery slope of enlargement, with the accession of the Eastern European agricultural countries bringing unknown costs in real terms.
The intention, which is today being cynically declared in the first few hours of the conflict, of assassinating Iraq's political leaders, represents a new stage in the descent into barbarity.
Similar words
dermatitis · dermatological · dermatologist · dermatology · derogation · derogatory · derrick · descendant · descendent · descending · descent · described · description · descriptive · desecrated · desecration · desert · deserted · deserter · desertification · desertion
Have a look at the English-Italian dictionary by bab.la.