bakåtsträvare
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bakåt (“backwards”) + sträva (“strive”) + -are (“-er”).
Noun
[edit]bakåtsträvare c
- someone habitually opposed to (e.g. societal or technological) change, perhaps also wanting to see some changes that have already been made rolled back; a reactionary, a Luddite
- Kalla mig bakåtsträvare om ni vill, men allt var bättre förr
- Call me a Luddite if you want, but everything was better in the past
Declension
[edit]Declension of bakåtsträvare
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bakåtsträvare | bakåtsträvares |
| definite | bakåtsträvaren | bakåtsträvarens | |
| plural | indefinite | bakåtsträvare | bakåtsträvares |
| definite | bakåtsträvarna | bakåtsträvarnas | |