kappsäck

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Etymology

Calque of German Mantelsack, from kappa (“coat”) +‎ säck (“sack”). First attested in 1482.

Noun

kappsäck c

  1. a carpetbag (or similar bag made of for example soft leather, typically with a top rim that splits open wide)
  2. a portmanteau (traveling case or bag, often opening into two equal sections)
    packa pappas kappsäck
    pack dad's portmanteau
  3. a suitcase, a bag (more generally, when kappsäck is used for rhetorical flair – see usage notes)
    packa kappsäcken och lämna allt bakom sig
    pack one's bags and leave everything behind
  4. (idiomatic, in "i kappsäck") out of a suitcase (constantly traveling, staying briefly in several places)
    bo/leva i kappsäck
    live out of a suitcase (be constantly on the move)
    livet i kappsäck
    life out of a suitcase (life on the move)

Usage notes

Somewhat old-fashioned connotations. Sometimes used instead of resväska (“suitcase, travel bag”), väska (“bag”), or the like just for rhetorical flair.

Declension

Declension of kappsäck
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kappsäck kappsäcks
definite kappsäcken kappsäckens
plural indefinite kappsäckar kappsäckars
definite kappsäckarna kappsäckarnas

References

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