misär
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#MISÄRCategory:Swedish terms derived from French#MISÄR misère. Attested since 1705.
Noun
misär cCategory:Swedish lemmas#MISÄRCategory:Swedish nouns#MISÄRCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#MISÄRCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#MISÄRCategory:Pages with entries#MISÄRCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MISÄR
- poverty, squalor, miserable living conditions
- Såg du hur de lever? Vilken jäkla misär.
- Did you see how they live? What god damn squalor.
- misery
- Frun vill lämna mig. Vilken jäkla misär.
- My wife wants to leave me. What god damn misery.
Usage notes
More often of miserable living conditions (or situations) and the like compared to English. Also a bit less literary-sounding.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | misär | misärs |
| definite | misären | misärens | |
| plural | indefinite | misärer | misärers |
| definite | misärerna | misärernas |
See also
References
- “misär”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “misär”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “misär”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)