klintbergare

Swedish

Etymology

klintberg (Klintberg) + -are (-er)

From the name of folklorist, ethnologist, and author Bengt af Klintberg known for his work on modern urban legends.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²klɪntˌbɛrjarɛ/

Noun

klintbergare c

  1. An urban legend, especially one that has existed for a long time
    Synonyms: råttan i pizzan, sägen, myt
    • 2022 December 27, Mikael Parkvall, “Inte ens en kung kan läspa utan s [Not even a king can lisp without s]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
      I en diskussion om spanska dialekter nyligen förklarade en deltagare att man i Spanien ”talar fort och läspar i de områden som härmade sin läspande kung”, vilket fick en annan att känna sig lite klokare och tacka för informationen – till synes ovetande om att hen utsatts för en riktigt gammal klintbergare.
      In a recent discussion of Spanish dialects, one participant explained that in Spain, people "speak fast and lisp in the areas that imitated their lisping king", which made another feel a little wiser and thank him for the information - apparently unaware that they had fallen victim for a really old myth.

Declension

Declension of klintbergare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klintbergare klintbergaren klintbergare klintbergarna
Genitive klintbergares klintbergarens klintbergares klintbergarnas

References

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