Vätskar

Vätskar is a term encountered occasionally in Swedish-language texts and is generally considered nonstandard. It appears as a plural form of vätska, meaning liquid or fluid. In contemporary standard Swedish, the usual plural is vätskor, and vätskar is rarely used except in dialectal writing, archaisms, or as a misspelling. The word vätska itself denotes a substance that is fluid at room temperature, excluding gases and solids; liquids in a mixture system, such as water, oils, alcohols, or other solvents. In scientific and everyday contexts, vätskor is the preferred plural.

Historical usage shows that early modern Swedish writings sometimes employed alternative plural endings for feminine nouns, including -ar; however, today’s Swedish orthography favors vätskor. Therefore, attested examples of vätskar are sparse and often contested.

When encountered in texts, the recommended handling is to treat vätskar as a typographical error or regional variant, and to correct to vätskor in formal writing. In translation or archival work, mark it as dialectal/archaic if preserved for historical accuracy.

See also: vätska, vätskor.