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slöjd

slöjd noun: a system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.

Noun

slöjd (uncountable)

  1. A system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.

Forms of slöjd

alternative formslojd
alternative formsloyd

Origin of slöjd

Borrowed from Swedish slöjd (“sleight of hand, skilled or crafty”), from Old Swedish sløghþ, from Old Norse slœgð, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sleight and sly.

Questions about slöjd

What does slöjd mean?
Slöjd means a system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.
What part of speech is slöjd?
Slöjd is a noun.

Words near slöjd in the dictionary

  1. Slytherinish
  2. Slytherins
  3. Slyudyanka
  4. slått
  5. slåtts
  6. slöjd
  7. Slănic
  8. Slătioara
  9. sm
  10. Sm'algyax
  11. Sm'algya̱x

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