borgare

Swedish

Etymology

From borg +‎ -are, compare German Bürger.

Noun

borgare c

1. a member of the bourgeoisie, a town-dweller, a citizen
2. (often somewhat derogatory) a person who votes for, supports, or is a politician in a nonsocialist party
3. (historical) one of the four estates (nobility, priests, bourgeoisie, peasants)

Declension

Declension of borgare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	borgare	borgaren	borgare	borgarna
Genitive	borgares	borgarens	borgares	borgarnas

Derived terms

• borgarbracka
• borgarstånd
• medborgare

Related terms

• borgerlig

References

• borgare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• borgare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• borgare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)