bassäng

Bassäng is a Swedish noun meaning a basin or pool. It refers to a hollow or vessel designed to hold liquids, including natural basins such as depressions in the landscape that collect water, and artificial basins such as reservoirs or wash basins. The term is commonly used for swimming pools, and in everyday language people may refer to a pool simply as a bassäng. In households or facilities, it can also describe a large basin used for washing or soaking, though more specific terms like tvättställ or diskbänk may be used for sinks.

In geography and hydrology, bassäng denotes a basin-shaped depression or a sedimentary basin that collects water or sediments over geological time. In engineering and industry, basänger are integral parts of water management and sanitation systems, such as cooling basins or settling basins in wastewater treatment. The plural form is bassänger; the definite plural is bassängerna.

The term is versatile and appears across disciplines, with qualifiers often added to clarify meaning, such as simbassäng for a swimming pool or geologisk bassäng for a geological basin. Overall, bassäng emphasizes function—holding liquids, containing water, or serving as a pool—whether in natural landscapes, urban infrastructure, or recreational contexts.