Swedish

Adjective

segelbar (not comparable)

1. (of waters) navigable (that can be reached by ship; deep, wide and open enough)

   Förslag att göra Nissaströmmen segelbar hava ofta blivit gjorda.

   Proposals to make Nissan river (in Halland) navigable have often been made.

   Genom en sådan pack-is är det vanligtvis omöjligt att segla fram, den bildar ett ogenomträngligt hinder; men den, vi träffade vid Beeren Eiland, var ej sådan, utan en lös eller såsom man brukar säga segelbar drif-is.

   Through such pack ice it is usually impossible to navigate, it forms an impenetrable obstacle; but the one we met at Beeren Island was not of that kind, but a loose or as it is called navigable drift ice.

2. (obsolete) (of ships) navigable, seaworthy, steerable (that are in a useful condition)
3. (obsolete) (of weather) useful for sailing
4. (of ice) useful for ice yachting (strong and smooth enough)

Declension

Related terms

• segelbarhet

References

• segelbar in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• segelbar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.