karlakarl
Swedish
editEtymology
editkarl (“man”) + -a- + karl (“man”)
Noun
editkarlakarl c
- a man who's (very) strong, handy, tough, and/or other things considered manly; a manly man, a "real" man
- Bengt byggde sitt eget hus och seglade över Atlanten efteråt. Vilken karlakarl!
- Bengt built his own house and sailed across the Atlantic afterwards. What a manly man!
Declension
edit| Declension of karlakarl | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | karlakarl | karlakarlen | karlakarlar | karlakarlarna |
| Genitive | karlakarls | karlakarlens | karlakarlars | karlakarlarnas |