stackare
Swedish
Etymology
From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#STACKARECategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#STACKARE stafkarl, stakkarl, stakere.
Noun
stackare cCategory:Swedish lemmas#STACKARECategory:Swedish nouns#STACKARECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#STACKARECategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#STACKARECategory:Pages with entries#STACKARECategory:Pages with 1 entry#STACKARE
- a person or animal that evokes pity; a poor guy, a poor thing, etc.
- Någon stackare hade gått vilse i skogen
- Some poor guy had gotten lost in the woods
- Hundstackaren blev stucken på nosen av ett bi
- The poor dog got stung on the nose by a bee
- Vilka är det mest synd om i skogen? Jo, myrstackarna!
- Who [plural] has the toughest time [evokes the most pity / makes you feel the sorriest for them] in the forest? It's the anthills [myrstackarna] / the poor ants [myra (“ant”) + stackarna (“the poor things”)]! [widespread pun]
Conjugation
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | stackare | stackares |
| definite | stackaren | stackarens | |
| plural | indefinite | stackare | stackares |
| definite | stackarna | stackarnas |
Related terms
See also
See also
References
- “stackare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “stackare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “stackare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)