tiggarbrev
Swedish
Etymology
Compound of tiggare (“beggar”) + brev (“letter”). According to SO attested since 1737.
Compare with Norwegian Bokmål tiggerbrev and Norwegian Nynorsk tiggarbrev.
Noun
tiggarbrev n
- A begging letter; a letter in which the writer asks for money, gift, or free service.
- 2020 December 11, Petter J Larsson, “TV4-satsningen bad familjeföretag om 1 350 gratis mackor [The TV4 venture asked family businesses for 1,350 free sandwiches]”, in Aftonbladet:
- Hade jag varit Nour El Refai så hade jag inte tyckt att det varit så kul att användas som morot i ett tiggarbrev från en tv-produktion.
- If I were Nour El Refai, I wouldn't have thought it was much fun to be used as a carrot in a begging letter from a television production.
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Declension
| Declension of tiggarbrev | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tiggarbrev | tiggarbrevet | tiggarbrev | tiggarbreven |
| Genitive | tiggarbrevs | tiggarbrevets | tiggarbrevs | tiggarbrevens |
References
- tiggarbrev in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tiggarbrev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)