See näck on Wiktionary
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"text": "Tar näcken Granis pojkar? I Mikael Syrjäläs fantasyserie blir Gallträsk skådeplats för övernaturliga händelser",
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"A Näcken, a nix (noun contra proper noun); a male water-spirit in human form, mainly residing in rivers and lakes, who lures people to drown by his wonderful violin playing"
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{
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"word": "bäckahästen"
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"word": "havsman"
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"text": "Coordinate term: Astrild (“Cupid”)"
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"word": "näcka"
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"english": "I don’t always feel very comfortable sitting and sweating completely naked together with others.",
"ref": "2015 June 3, Ylva Larsdotter, “Krönika: Bada bastu näck eller i bikini? [Column: Sauna bathing naked or in a bikini?]”, in Popula, Sveriges Radio:",
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"english": "Since then, the somewhat unusual competition The Nix in the Stream, which involves performing naked in a stream, has been organised without interruption.",
"ref": "2024 July 12, Lukas Johansson, “Näcken i bäcken avgjordes för 30:e året i rad i Hackås [The Nix in the Stream competition was held for the 30th consecutive year in Hackås.]”, in SVT Nyheter:",
"text": "Sedan dess har man oavbrutet anordnat den något annorlunda tävlingen Näcken i bäcken som går ut på att uppträda – näck i en bäck.",
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"english": "They went skinny dipping. (literally, “They bathed naked.”)",
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"word": "blottad"
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"word": "i adamsdräkt"
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"word": "i bara mässingen"
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{
"word": "i evakostym"
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{
"word": "i naturtillstånd"
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"word": "i paradisdräkt"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "oklädd"
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{
"word": "som gud skapade en"
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"word": "spritt språngande"
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"word": "strippad"
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"word": "utan en tråd på kroppen"
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