reservdansk
Swedish
editEtymology
editCompound of reserv (“reserve; spare”) + dansk (“Dane”).
It is a popular joke to say that the region Scania is not part of Sweden, but instead a part of neighbouring Denmark.
Noun
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- (humorous) Synonym of skåning (“Scanian”).
- Synonym: östdansk
- 2018 September 10, Max Wiman, “Oacceptabel cirkus i veckan när reservdansk fick ny betydelse [Unacceptable circus this week when reserve Danish gained new meaning]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Till viss munterhet och inte så sällan ett stycke stolthet för skåningar stämplar gärna en del uppsvenskar oss med epitetet reservdanskar. Men det fick en ny betydelse i veckan.
- To some amusement and not infrequently a piece of pride for Scanians, some Upswedes like to label us with the epithet reserve Danes. But it took on a new meaning this week.
Declension
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | reservdansk | reservdansken | reservdanskar | reservdanskarna |
Genitive | reservdansks | reservdanskens | reservdanskars | reservdanskarnas |