kälkborgerlig
Swedish
Etymology
kälkborgare + -lig, probably from the unattested *Kälkestadsborgare (“inhabitant of Kälkestad”), with Kälkestad being an imaginary town (akin to English Palookaville).
Adjective
kälkborgerlig (comparative mer kälkborgerlig, superlative mest kälkborgerlig)
- philistine, bourgeois
- Synonyms: småborgerlig, spetsborgerlig
Declension
| Inflection of kälkborgerlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kälkborgerlig | mer kälkborgerlig | mest kälkborgerlig |
| Neuter singular | kälkborgerligt | mer kälkborgerligt | mest kälkborgerligt |
| Plural | kälkborgerliga | mer kälkborgerliga | mest kälkborgerliga |
| Masculine plural3 | kälkborgerlige | mer kälkborgerliga | mest kälkborgerliga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kälkborgerlige | mer kälkborgerlige | mest kälkborgerlige |
| All | kälkborgerliga | mer kälkborgerliga | mest kälkborgerliga |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Related terms
- kälkborgare
References
- kälkborgerlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kälkborgerlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kälkborgare in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)
- kälkborgare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)