dammsugare
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From damm (“dust”) + suga (“to suck”) + are (“-er”). The pastry sense refers to its appearance and to the supposed practice of the pastry baker collecting crumbs from the day's cookies for filling.
NounEdit
dammsugare c
- vacuum cleaner
- a kind of pastry rolled in green marzipan and dipped in chocolate
- Synonyms: punschrulle, arraksrulle, trådrulle, 150-ohmare (jocular)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of dammsugare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dammsugare | dammsugaren | dammsugare | dammsugarna |
| Genitive | dammsugares | dammsugarens | dammsugares | dammsugarnas |