kappsäck
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of German Mantelsack, from kappa (“coat”) + säck (“sack”). First attested in 1482.
Noun
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- a carpetbag (or similar bag made of for example soft leather, typically with a top rim that splits open wide)
- a portmanteau (traveling case or bag, often opening into two equal sections)
- packa pappas kappsäck
- pack dad's portmanteau [a tongue twister]
- a suitcase, a bag (more generally, when kappsäck is used for rhetorical flair – see usage notes)
- packa kappsäcken och lämna allt bakom sig
- pack one's bags [idiomatically] and leave everything behind
- (idiomatic, in "i kappsäck") out of a suitcase (constantly traveling, staying briefly in several places)
- bo/leva i kappsäck
- live out of a suitcase (be constantly on the move)
- livet i kappsäck
- life out of a suitcase (life on the move)
Usage notes
[edit]Somewhat old-fashioned connotations. Sometimes used instead of resväska (“suitcase, travel bag”), väska (“bag”), or the like just for rhetorical flair.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kappsäck | kappsäcks |
| definite | kappsäcken | kappsäckens | |
| plural | indefinite | kappsäckar | kappsäckars |
| definite | kappsäckarna | kappsäckarnas |