kumpan

See also: Kumpan

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kompan, kumpan, kompon, from Middle Low German kumpān, from Old French compain, compaing, from Late Latin compāniō (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- + pānis (with + bread). Cognate of German Kumpan, Kumpel, Icelandic kumpánn, kompánn, Polish kompan. Doublet of kompani and kompanjon.

Noun

kumpan c

  1. (derogatory) associate, friend, crony

Declension
Declension of kumpan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kumpan kumpanen kumpaner kumpanerna
Genitive kumpans kumpanens kumpaners kumpanernas

References
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