snickare
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
snickare c
- a carpenter (carpentry person)
Declension edit
| Declension of snickare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | snickare | snickaren | snickare | snickarna |
| Genitive | snickares | snickarens | snickares | snickarnas |
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References edit
- 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)