grundläggare
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From grundlägga + -are, like German Grundleger. Used for a mason of foundations since c. 1870. The other sense is older, known in Swedish since 1746, and most likely borrowed from German.
Noun edit
grundläggare c
- a mason who lays the foundation (to a building)
- a founder (one who establishes an organization, a business, a city, etc.)
Declension edit
| Declension of grundläggare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | grundläggare | grundläggaren | grundläggare | grundläggarna |
| Genitive | grundläggares | grundläggarens | grundläggares | grundläggarnas |