klintbergare
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
klintberg (“Klintberg”) + -are (“-er”)
From the name of folklorist, ethnologist, and author Bengt af Klintberg known for his work on modern urban legends.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klintbergare c
- An urban legend, especially one that has existed for a long time
- Synonyms: råttan i pizzan, sägen, myt
- 2022 December 27, Mikael Parkvall, “Inte ens en kung kan läspa utan s [Not even a king can lisp without s]”, in Svenska Dagbladet[1]:
- I en diskussion om spanska dialekter nyligen förklarade en deltagare att man i Spanien ”talar fort och läspar i de områden som härmade sin läspande kung”, vilket fick en annan att känna sig lite klokare och tacka för informationen – till synes ovetande om att hen utsatts för en riktigt gammal klintbergare.
- In a recent discussion of Spanish dialects, one participant explained that in Spain, people "speak fast and lisp in the areas that imitated their lisping king", which made another feel a little wiser and thank him for the information - apparently unaware that they had fallen victim for a really old myth.
Declension edit
| Declension of klintbergare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | klintbergare | klintbergaren | klintbergare | klintbergarna |
| Genitive | klintbergares | klintbergarens | klintbergares | klintbergarnas |