klippare
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Old Swedish klippare. Equivalent to klippa + -are.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editklippare c
- (film) a cutter (film editor)
- a clipper (appliance or the like that clips (cuts))
- a shearman
- (colloquial) someone who makes quick, lucrative deals (often through speculation), an operator
- (colloquial, fairly uncommon) a whiz (someone skilled at something)
Declension
edit| Declension of klippare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | klippare | klipparen | klippare | klipparna |
| Genitive | klippares | klipparens | klippares | klipparnas |
Derived terms
edit- börsklippare
- gräsklippare (“lawn mower”) (klippa is idiomatic for mowing grass)