taskspelare

Swedish

Etymology

Used in Swedish since 1732. From German Taschenspieler, also found in Danish taskenspiller, a performer who pulls things from or puts them into a Tasche (“bag, pocket”), aus der Tasche spielen.

Noun

taskspelare c

1. a jester, a joker, a (less serious) actor, an artist, a performer

Declension

Declension of taskspelare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	taskspelare	taskspelares
	definite	taskspelaren	taskspelarens
plural	indefinite	taskspelare	taskspelares
	definite	taskspelarna	taskspelarnas

Related terms

• taska
• taskspeleri

References

• taska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)