bakåtsträvare
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From bakåt (“backwards”) + sträva (“strive”) + -are (“-er”).
Noun edit
bakåtsträvare c
- someone habitually opposed to (e.g. societal or technological) change, perhaps also wanting to see some changes that have already been made rolled back; a reactionary, a Luddite
- Kalla mig bakåtsträvare om ni vill, men allt var bättre förr
- Call me a Luddite if you want, but everything was better in the past
Declension edit
| Declension of bakåtsträvare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bakåtsträvare | bakåtsträvaren | bakåtsträvare | bakåtsträvarna |
| Genitive | bakåtsträvares | bakåtsträvarens | bakåtsträvares | bakåtsträvarnas |