stackare
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish stafkarl, stakkarl, stakere.
Noun
[edit]stackare c
- a person or animal that evokes pity; a poor guy, a poor thing, etc.
- Någon stackare hade gått vilse i skogen
- Some poor guy had gotten lost in the woods
- Hundstackaren blev stucken på nosen av ett bi
- The poor dog got stung on the nose by a bee
- Din stackare!
- You poor guy!
- Vilka är det mest synd om i skogen? Jo, myrstackarna!
- Who [plural] has the toughest time [evokes the most pity / makes you feel the sorriest for them] in the forest? It's the anthills [myrstackarna] / the poor ants [myra (“ant”) + stackarna (“the poor things”)]! [widespread pun]
Conjugation
[edit]Declension of stackare
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | stackare | stackares |
| definite | stackaren | stackarens | |
| plural | indefinite | stackare | stackares |
| definite | stackarna | stackarnas | |