månsing
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
månsing m (definite singular månsingen, indefinite plural månsingar, definite plural månsingane)
- a kind of jargon or a secret language used in Scandinavia in 19-20 centuries
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From a Månsing verb månsa (“to speak cant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
månsing c
- Any of these two cants or secret languages, who share some common vocabulary:
- Older Månsing, a cant or secret language formerly used by peddlers (knallar) especially in Västergötland.
- Younger Månsing, a sociolect or cant in common use during the 20th century by certain social groups and the underworld in and around Stockholm.
Declension edit
| Declension of månsing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | månsing | månsingen | — | — |
| Genitive | månsings | månsingens | — | — |