sjåare

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sjouwer, agent noun of sjouwen. Cognate of English shover. By surface analysis, sjåa +‎ -are.

Noun

sjåare c

1. (colloquial, derogatory) worker

Declension

Declension of sjåare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sjåare	sjåares
	definite	sjåaren	sjåarens
plural	indefinite	sjåare	sjåares
	definite	sjåarna	sjåarnas

Derived terms

• hamnsjåare

Further reading

• sjåare in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker