Get the app
Swedish frequency list

No. 12,463 in Swedish

skrinlägga

To shelve or postpone something.

In a sentence

  • Vi måste skrinlägga planen tills vidare.

    We must postpone the plan for now.

    Here, 'skrinlägga' is used to indicate indefinitely putting a plan or project aside.

  • Efter mycket övervägande beslöt de att skrinlägga projektet.

    After much consideration, they decided to suspend the project.

    In this sentence, 'skrinlägga' is utilized to denote the formal decision of ceasing progression on a project.

  • De valde att skrinlägga förslaget, då det inte passade deras strategiska mål.

    They chose to shelve the proposal, as it did not suit their strategic objectives.

    Here, 'skrinlägga' aligns with the act of shelving or tabling a suggestion or proposal for potential future review.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “skrinlägga” in actual Swedish podcasts.

Find “skrinlägga” in podcasts

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays Swedish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.

Get the app

Swedish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).