hedersknyffel
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From heder (“honor”) + -s- + knyffel, used since 1834. The word knyffel possibly originates from karnyffel/karnibel/karnobel (“a mean person”), from Danish karniffel and German Karnüffel, a card game and the jack in a deck of cards.
Noun edit
hedersknyffel c
Declension edit
Declension of hedersknyffel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hedersknyffel | hedersknyffeln | hedersknyfflar | hedersknyfflarna |
Genitive | hedersknyffels | hedersknyffelns | hedersknyfflars | hedersknyfflarnas |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- hedersknyffel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hedersknyffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- hedersknyffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)