månsing

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

månsing m (definite singular månsingen, indefinite plural månsingar, definite plural månsingane)

1. a kind of jargon or a secret language used in Scandinavia in 19-20 centuries

Swedish

Alternative forms

• monsing

Etymology

From a Månsing verb månsa (“to speak cant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɔnsɪŋ/

Noun

månsing c

1. Any of these two cants or secret languages, which share some common vocabulary:
   1. Older Månsing, a cant or secret language formerly used by peddlers (knallar) especially in Västergötland.
   2. 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

Declension of månsing

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	månsing	månsings
	definite	månsingen	månsingens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• knoparmoj
• Category:Månsing for a list of Swedish terms in Månsing.

References

• månsing in Svensk ordbok (SO)