saknad

From Old Norse saknaðr.

• IPA^(key): /²sɑːknɑ/, /²sɑːknɑd/

saknad m (definite singular saknaden, indefinite plural saknadar or saknader, definite plural saknadane or saknadene)

1. longing, lack, melancholy, wistfulness

• sakn

• “saknad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Past participle of sakna.

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saknad

1. missing (not able to be located)

   att vara anmäld saknad

   to be reported missing

saknad c

2. missing (with sadness) someone or something that is absent or no longer exists, (sad) longing, wistfulness, "missing" (as a noun)

   saknaden efter en död släkting

   missing ("the missing (feeling of missing) after") a dead relative

   1. loss (as a non-literal translation that sometimes fits)
3. (somewhat dated) lack (of something, more generally)

Might sometimes need to be rewritten with "loss" or the like to sound natural when translated in (sense 1). See also sorg.

saknad

1. past participle of sakna

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

• danska, skadan