kälkborgerlig

Swedish

Etymology

kälkborgare +‎ -lig, probably from the unattested *Kälkestadsborgare (“inhabitant of Kälkestad”), with Kälkestad being an imaginary town (akin to English Palookaville).

Adjective

kälkborgerlig (comparative mer kälkborgerlig, superlative mest kälkborgerlig)

1. philistine, bourgeois

   Synonyms: småborgerlig, spetsborgerlig

Declension

Inflection of kälkborgerlig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kälkborgerlig	mer kälkborgerlig	mest kälkborgerlig
neuter singular	kälkborgerligt	mer kälkborgerligt	mest kälkborgerligt
plural	kälkborgerliga	mer kälkborgerliga	mest kälkborgerliga
masculine plural2	kälkborgerlige	mer kälkborgerliga	mest kälkborgerliga
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kälkborgerlige	mer kälkborgerlige	mest kälkborgerlige
all	kälkborgerliga	mer kälkborgerliga	mest kälkborgerliga

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• kälkborgare

References

• kälkborgerlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kälkborgerlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kälkborgare in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)
• kälkborgare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)