spetsborgare
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of German Spießbürger, equivalent to spets + borgare. Cognate of Danish spidsborger. Note that German Spieß (“spear”) does not mean the same as Swedish spets (“tip”).
Noun
[edit]spetsborgare c
- (dated) philistine
- Synonyms: kälkborgare, småborgare
Declension
[edit]Declension of spetsborgare
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | spetsborgare | spetsborgares |
| definite | spetsborgaren | spetsborgarens | |
| plural | indefinite | spetsborgare | spetsborgares |
| definite | spetsborgarna | spetsborgarnas | |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- spetsborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spetsborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kälkborgare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)