Translation of "backwater" into Swedish

avkrok, håla, bakvatten are the top translations of "backwater" into Swedish.

backwater verb noun grammar

(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc. [..]

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  • avkrok

    common

    a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.

    Despite this, during 1940 the camp he ran was almost a backwater in Nazi occupied Poland.

    Men trots detta så var hans läger under 1940 en avkrok i det nazistockuperade Polen.

  • håla

    noun common

    300 years ago, you helped build a backwater penal colony into something.

    För tre hundra år sen var du med och byggde en håla till straffkoloni till något.

  • bakvatten

    neuter

    Fraunhofer's discoveries transformed Bavaria from a rural backwater to a technological powerhouse.

    Upptäckterna förvandlade Bayern från ett bakvatten till ett maktcenter.

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    • stillastående flodvatten
    • uppdämt flodvatten

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