karga

English translation: barren

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Swedish term or phrase:karga
English translation:barren

12:52 May 6, 2021
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Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Geography
Swedish term or phrase: karga
på den karga Tylön utanför Halmstad
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 12:00
barren
Explanation:
The basic form of this adjective is "karg" = barren, bleak, desolate or similar.

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Note added at 21 mins (2021-05-06 13:14:08 GMT)
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You might be right, but if you do a Google image search, Tylön does look quite barren. :-)
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ehnsio
Sweden
Local time: 12:00
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5 +2barren
ehnsio


  

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barren


Explanation:
The basic form of this adjective is "karg" = barren, bleak, desolate or similar.

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Note added at 21 mins (2021-05-06 13:14:08 GMT)
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You might be right, but if you do a Google image search, Tylön does look quite barren. :-)

ehnsio
Sweden
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! Simple as that? (that what my dictionary said, but it didn't seem right to me (in the context), but so barren it is ...

Asker: Thanks for the additional. I think that "desolate" works better in this context.


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