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växla

“växla” is a Swedish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to (cause to) switch, to (cause to) change (between more-or-less discrete things)
  2. to exchange
  3. to exchange (money)
  4. to break, to make change
  5. to switch (a train towards its destination)
  6. to switch (a telephone call to its destination)
  7. to shift gears (in a car)
  8. to put more (or less) energy into an activity

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wihslōną, equivalent to växel + -a.

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