# kulvert
## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* culvert (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English culvert, ultimately of unknown origin. First attested in 1818.

### Noun

kulvert c
* The underground (system of) basements, tunnels and facilities connecting buildings on a site (campus) for conduits, transport, staff, visitors, service roads and the like.
** 1931 April 20, Provinstidningen Dalsland, page 7:[…] sjukhus avsett för patienter från Dal, angripna av veneriska sjukdomar, vilka förbindelse med varandra genom en väldig underjordisk kulvert, som även är försedd med moderna transportanordningar. […] a hospital intended for patients from Dal, afflicted with venereal diseases, which are connected to each other by a vast underground tunnel, also equipped with modern transport facilities.
** 2021 October 12, Johan Juhlin, “P1-sändningarna avbröts av brandlarm [The P1 broadcasts were interrupted by the fire alarm]”, in SVT Nyheter:Vi har haft ett brandlarm här i Radiohuset och har tvingats att lämna vår vanliga studio och befinner oss nu i källaren, i kulvertarna, så det blir lite improviserat […]We've had a fire alarm here at the Radio House and have been forced to leave our usual studio; we are now in the basement, in the service tunnels, so things are a bit improvised […]
** 2022 April 28, Linda Ekström, “Här tar robotarna över i sjukhusets kulvertar [Here, the robots take over the hospital's tunnels]”, in SVT Nyheter:Efter att ha fått information om vilken transportvagn som ska förflyttas och var på sjukhuset målet ligger kör de nya robotarna runt med frakt i kulvertarna under Malmö universtitetssjukhus.After receiving information about which transport cart to move and where the destination is located in the hospital, the new robots navigate through the tunnels beneath Malmö University Hospital with cargo.
* A culvert, a conduit, a wide pipe allowing a stream of water to pass under a road or other area.
** 1859, Sven Adolf Hedlund, Adolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd, Beskrifning öfver Westra Stambanan: Göteborg-Töreboda jemte Underrättelser för Resande, page 52:Vid Gustafsbruk ledes en större bäck under banan genom en betydligare kulvert med hvalf och sidomurar af granit.At Gustafsbruk, a considerable brook is conducted beneath the railway through a significant culvert, arched and flanked by walls of granite.
** 2019 March 5, Ellinor Rostedt, Martin Hult Ogenblad, “Läckande soptippen – se underjordiska filmen från dagvattenledningen [Leaking landfill – see the underground footage from the stormwater pipe]”, in SVT Nyheter:Under den tidigare soptippen på Gullberna går en 300 meter lång kulvert, en dagvattenledning, som leder ut i havet.Under the former landfill at Gullberna runs a 300-metre-long culvert, a surface water drain, which leads out to the sea.

#### Usage notes

* (Sense 1) Broadly speaking, a kulvert does not need to be entirely underground. Due to the size of certain sites (e.g. hospital campuses) and the local topography, some sections may end up above ground, sometimes even as skybridges.

#### Related terms

* kulvertanslutning (“tunnel complex connection”)
* kulvertledning (“culvert conduit”)

### References

* ↑ kulvert in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kulvert in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kulvert in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)