snickare
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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
Noun
snickare c
- a carpenter (woodworker)
Declension
Declension of snickare
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | snickare | snickares |
| definite | snickaren | snickarens | |
| plural | indefinite | snickare | snickares |
| definite | snickarna | snickarnas | |
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References
- snickare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snickare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snickare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- snickare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)