kypare

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German küper, from Middle Low German kupe (“cask”). Compare English cooper, Dutch kuiper (“cooper”), Danish kyper (“cellarer”), German Küfer (“cellarman”). See also German Kellner (“waiter”).

Noun

kypare c

1. a waiter

Declension

Declension of kypare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kypare	kypares
	definite	kyparen	kyparens
plural	indefinite	kypare	kypares
	definite	kyparna	kyparnas

References

• kypare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kypare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kypare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kypare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)