undersåte

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish undirsate, from Middle Low German undersate. Originally in the sense "one who sits below". Cognate with Norwegian undersått.

Noun

undersåte c

1. (chiefly dated or ironic) a subject (person ruled over by others, especially others who are not democratically elected, for example a citizen in a monarchy)
   1. a minion (in some dynamic reminiscent of the above, for example involving an archvillain)

Declension

Declension of undersåte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	undersåte	undersåtes
	definite	undersåten	undersåtens
plural	indefinite	undersåtar	undersåtars
	definite	undersåtarna	undersåtarnas

References

• undersåte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• undersåte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• undersåte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• undersåte in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• årtusende