spetsborgare
Swedish
Etymology
Calque of German Spießbürger, equivalent to spets + borgare. Cognate of Danish spidsborger. Note that German Spieß (“spear”) does not mean the same as Swedish spets (“tip”).
Noun
spetsborgare c
- (dated) philistine
- Synonyms: kälkborgare, småborgare
Declension
| Declension of spetsborgare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | spetsborgare | spetsborgaren | spetsborgare | spetsborgarna |
| Genitive | spetsborgares | spetsborgarens | spetsborgares | spetsborgarnas |
Derived terms
- spetsborgerlig
References
- spetsborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spetsborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kälkborgare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)