reservdansk
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of reserv (“reserve; spare”) + dansk (“Dane”).
It is a popular joke to say that the region Scania is not part of Sweden, but instead a part of neighbouring Denmark.
Noun
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- (humorous) Synonym of skåning (“Scanian”).
- Synonym: östdansk
- 2018 September 10, Max Wiman, “Oacceptabel cirkus i veckan när reservdansk fick ny betydelse [Unacceptable circus this week when reserve Danish gained new meaning]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Till viss munterhet och inte så sällan ett stycke stolthet för skåningar stämplar gärna en del uppsvenskar oss med epitetet reservdanskar. Men det fick en ny betydelse i veckan.
- To some amusement and not infrequently a piece of pride for Scanians, some Upswedes like to label us with the epithet reserve Danes. But it took on a new meaning this week.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | reservdansk | reservdansks |
definite | reservdansken | reservdanskens | |
plural | indefinite | reservdanskar | reservdanskars |
definite | reservdanskarna | reservdanskarnas |