sosse

See also: şosse, Sosse, and Soße

Swedish

Alternative forms

• såsse

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of a clipping of Socialdemokraterna, socialdemokrat or socialist +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊˌsɛ/, /ˈsɔˌsɛ/

Noun

sosse c

1. (colloquial, politics, often derogatory) a social democrat
   1. (usually) a member or supporter of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S))

Usage notes

Often used as a prefix in compounds forming words such as: sossegöra (“things only social democrats do”), sosseyrke (“social democrat job”) and sosselivsstil (“social democrat livestyle”).

Declension

Declension of sosse
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sosse	sossen	sossar	sossarna
Genitive	sosses	sossens	sossars	sossarnas

Derived terms

• Sossarna (“The Social democrats”), from the plural

Related terms

• sossig

See also

• borgarbracka

References

• sosse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sosse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sosse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)