snickare

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish snitkare, snidhkare, from Middle Low German sniddeker, snidker, snicker. Cognate of Danish snedker and Norwegian Bokmål snekker.

By surface analysis, snicka + -are. The dialectal verb snicka is from Old Swedish snikka, from Old Norse *sníðka, from sníða (from whence also snida).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɪkˌarɛ/
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Noun

snickare c

  1. a carpenter (carpentry person)

Declension

Declension of snickare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative snickare snickaren snickare snickarna
Genitive snickares snickarens snickares snickarnas

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References

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