stekare
Swedish
Alternative forms
- schtekare
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish stekare. Suffix of steka (“fry”) + -are (“-er”). According to SAOB attested since 1608.
In lifestyle sense; unknown origin. According to SO attested since 2000.
Noun
stekare c
- A roaster; one who roasts and fries food.
- 1926, Sigfrid Siwertz, En färd till Abessinien, page 22:
- Gäss och tranor gödas, bagare och stekare synas i fullt arbete, hus och båtar byggas och tredskande skattebetalare släpas inför stränga skrivare, […]
- Geese and cranes are fattened, bakers and roasters are seen at full work, houses and boats are built and demanding taxpayers are dragged before stern clerks, […]
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- (colloquial, lifestyle) A member of the (Swedish) upper class with an expensive flashy lifestyle, especially one perceived to flaunt their wealth.
Declension
| Declension of stekare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stekare | stekaren | stekare | stekarna |
| Genitive | stekares | stekarens | stekares | stekarnas |
Related terms
- stek
- stekig
See also
- backslick (“slicked-back hair”)
- dompa (“Dom Pérignon”)
- vaska (“to buy champagne and pour it down the drain”)
- grilljanne (“style; mix of dandy and fin de siècle”)
- swingpjatt (“style; influenced by zoot suits”)
References
- stekare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stekare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stekare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)