raggare
English
Etymology
From Swedish raggare, from ragga (“to drive around”), from dialectal term raga (“to stagger”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɡəɹə/
Noun
raggare (plural raggares or raggare)
- Someone who is part of a subculture in Sweden concerned with American cars and music of the 1950s, comparable to greasers.
- (uncountable) This subculture taken as a whole.
Swedish
Noun
raggare c
- a raggare, member of that subculture
Declension
| Declension of raggare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | raggare | raggaren | raggare | raggarna |
| Genitive | raggares | raggarens | raggares | raggarnas |
Related terms
- raggarbil
- raggarbrud
- raggargäng
- raggaråk
References
- raggare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)