grundläggare

Swedish

Etymology

From grundlägga +‎ -are, like German Grundleger. Used for a mason of foundations since c. 1870. The other sense is older, known in Swedish since 1746, and most likely borrowed from German.

Noun

grundläggare c

1. a mason who lays the foundation (to a building)
2. a founder (one who establishes an organization, a business, a city, etc.)

Declension

Declension of grundläggare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grundläggare	grundläggares
	definite	grundläggaren	grundläggarens
plural	indefinite	grundläggare	grundläggares
	definite	grundläggarna	grundläggarnas

References

• grundläggare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)