taskspelare
Swedish
Etymology
Used in Swedish since 1732. From German Taschenspieler, also found in Danish taskenspiller, a performer who pulls things from or puts them into a Tasche (“bag, pocket”), aus der Tasche spielen.
Noun
taskspelare c
- a jester, a joker, a (less serious) actor, an artist, a performer
Declension
| Declension of taskspelare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | taskspelare | taskspelaren | taskspelare | taskspelarna |
| Genitive | taskspelares | taskspelarens | taskspelares | taskspelarnas |
Related terms
- taska
- taskspeleri
References
- taska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)