svartskalle

Swedish

Etymology

From svart (“black”) +‎ skalle (“skull”).

Noun

svartskalle c

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) a dark-skinned or dark-haired person, especially an immigrant
   • 2021, Diamant Salihu, Tills alla dör [Until everyone dies], Mondial, →ISBN, page 84:

     Khaled tänkte sig att det var en politiker eller någon annan viktig person, en »potatis«, eftersom han tog hjälp av advokaten. »Potatisar« var smeknamnet på alla kunder som inte var svartskallar.

     Khaled thought it was a politician or some other important person, a "potato", because he received help from the lawyer. "Potato" was the nickname for all customers who weren't coons.

Usage notes

More purely used as an ethnic slur compared to blatte.

Declension

Declension of svartskalle

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svartskalle	svartskalles
	definite	svartskallen	svartskallens
plural	indefinite	svartskallar	svartskallars
	definite	svartskallarna	svartskallarnas

References

• svartskalle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svartskalle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svartskalle in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Further reading

• svartskalle on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv