snickare

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish snitkare, snidhkare, from Middle Low German sniddeker, snidker, snicker. Cognate of Danish snedker and Norwegian Bokmål snekker.

By surface analysis, snicka +‎ -are. The dialectal verb snicka is from Old Swedish snikka, from Old Norse *sníðka, from sníða (from whence also snida).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɪkˌarɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

snickare c

1. a carpenter (woodworker)

Declension

Declension of snickare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	snickare	snickaren	snickare	snickarna
Genitive	snickares	snickarens	snickares	snickarnas

Derived terms

• snickarbyxa
• snickarglädje

Related terms

• snickra

References

• snickare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• snickare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snickare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• snickare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)