tyngdpunkt

Swedish

Etymology

tyngd (“weight”) ‎ punkt (“point”)

Noun

tyngdpunkt c

1. (physics) a center of gravity
3. (somewhat figuratively) a main focus, a main emphasis

   I sin recension lägger han tyngdpunkten på restaurangens kebabsås

   In his review, he places the main focus on the restaurant's kebab sauce

Usage notes

Usually in the sense of "thing most focused on" rather than "most important thing" in (sense 2). The thinking is more along the lines of "the point where someone puts the weight (focus)," just from the components of the word.

Declension

Declension of tyngdpunkt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tyngdpunkt	tyngdpunkts
	definite	tyngdpunkten	tyngdpunktens
plural	indefinite	tyngdpunkter	tyngdpunkters
	definite	tyngdpunkterna	tyngdpunkternas

References

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