hedersknyffel
Swedish
Etymology
From heder + -s- + knyffel, used since 1834. The word knyffel possibly originates from karnyffel/karnibel/karnobel (“a mean person”), from Danish karniffel and German Karnüffel, a card game and the jack in a deck of cards.
Noun
hedersknyffel c
- a jolly good fellow, a regular trump, a realy nice person
- Hör nu, hedersknyfflar, vi äro f. n. i en svår klämma.
- Listen now, my dear friends, we are currently in a very dire situation.
- Hör nu, hedersknyfflar, vi äro f. n. i en svår klämma.
Declension
| Declension of hedersknyffel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hedersknyffel | hedersknyffeln | hedersknyfflar | hedersknyfflarna |
| Genitive | hedersknyffels | hedersknyffelns | hedersknyfflars | hedersknyfflarnas |
Synonyms
- hedersman
References
- hedersknyffel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- hedersknyffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- hedersknyffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)