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Finnish
Etymology
From virkamies (“bureaucrat”) + ruotsi (“Swedish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑˌmie̯sˌruo̯tsi/,
- Rhymes: -uotsi
- Hyphenation(key): virka‧mies‧ruotsi
Noun
virkamiesruotsi (informal)
- obligatory Swedish language education as part of an academic degree
2019 June 8, Heidi Sabanadesan, “Kommentti: Onko tässä hallitusohjelman huonoin päätös? Kannatan kaksikielisyyttä, mutta vastustan pakkoruotsia”, in Ilta-Sanomat, retrieved 10:37, 12 February 2022 (UTC):Eivät ruotsinkieliset tietenkään itsekään kuvittele, että virkamiesruotsi toimii: miksi muuten olisimme nähneet verisen taistelun päivystyksen siirtymisestä Vaasasta Seinäjoelle?- Of course, Swedish speakers themselves do not delude themselves to think that obligatory Swedish education works: why else would we have witnessed the bloody fight over an ER moving from Vasa to Seinäjoki?
- the minimum proficiency provided
Eihän siitä virkamiesruotsilla mitään selvää saanut.- Of course, my obligatory Swedish skills were no use in understanding it.
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