svartskalle
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Swedish
Etymology
From svart (“black”) + skalle (“skull”).
Noun
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- (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) a dark-skinned or dark-haired person, especially an immigrant
- 2021, Diamant Salihu, Tills alla dör [Until everyone dies], Mondial, →ISBN, page 84:
- Khaled tänkte sig att det var en politiker eller någon annan viktig person, en »potatis«, eftersom han tog hjälp av advokaten. »Potatisar« var smeknamnet på alla kunder som inte var svartskallar.
- Khaled thought it was a politician or some other important person, a "potato", because he received help from the lawyer. "Potato" was the nickname for all customers who weren't coons.
Usage notes
More purely used as an ethnic slur compared to blatte.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | svartskalle | svartskalles |
| definite | svartskallen | svartskallens | |
| plural | indefinite | svartskallar | svartskallars |
| definite | svartskallarna | svartskallarnas |
References
- svartskalle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svartskalle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svartskalle in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Further reading
svartskalle on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
